Osamu Sato Exhibition “All things must be equal”
2017.03.01
B GALLERY will be holding an exhibition by artist Osamu Sato for the first time. Osamu Sato has been actively presenting a wide variety of works such as photography, paintings, graphic design, animation, music, games, and apps. This exhibition, titled ``All things must be equal,'' features exposed film that has been scratched, burnt, and smudged, then scanned and photographed with a digital camera while traveling around the world. We will be exhibiting and selling new works created using the artist's unique technique of layering layers of material.
Works that are mixed to equalize the meaning of the original materials will be in sync with modern media, where information is flattened and homogenized by the Internet. In addition, we will release a photo book and CD containing the contents of this exhibition to coincide with the exhibition. Please look forward to Osamu Sato's latest exhibition.
- Event schedule
- April 1st (Sat) – 23rd (Sun), 2017
- venue
- B GALLERY (BEAMS JAPAN 5F)
- Reception party
- Date and time: March 31, 2017 (Friday) 18:00-20:00
- Vol.1 Electronics + Situ Novel/Live
Date and time: Sunday, April 2, 2017 15:00-16:00
Cast: Osamu Sato (electronics) + Shinji Ishii (reading/novelist)
Vol.2 Improvisation Live
Date and time: Saturday, April 8, 2017 18:00-19:30
Cast: Osamu Sato (electronics) + Tomohiko Gondo (horns) aka METAFIVE, Shinobu Narita (guitar)
Vol.3 Artist Talk
Date and time: Saturday, April 15, 2017 15:00-16:30
Guest: Hiroshi Ito (Groovisions/art director), Kenji Takazawa (photo critic)
Venue: B GALLERY
Reservation capacity system: First 30 people (seated) *For reservations, please contact B GALLERY
Osamu Sato / Artist
Born in Kyoto in 1960, lives in Tokyo. Both my father and grandfather are photographers. He spent his childhood in an environment where the adults around him were only involved in the arts, and during his student days he studied design and photographic engineering at two universities. He spent eight years as a student, attending two schools, becoming a ronin, traveling to the United States, and repeating a grade. During that time, in addition to his photography and design work, he became interested in electronic music, and using synthesizers and tapes, he created a variety of experimental and environmental music, which he presented at live performances. Music from that time was also used as the background music and theme song for NHK programs. In addition, his graduation work was released as a cassette + silkscreen on the indie label of EP-4 Kaoru Sato, who was charismatic and popular at the time. Their activities were featured in the subculture magazines of the time, such as Takarajima. After graduating, he moved to Tokyo and joined Mos Advertising, an advertising production company. My direct superior was the late Masayuki Kawakatsu, who was a copywriter at the time. After that, he left the company after a year and a half and founded Outside Directors Company in 1989. At his first exhibition in 1991, he presented "Alphabetical Orgasm" using computer graphics, and received coverage from many domestic and international press. Since then, he has continued to publish works. He has also been involved in many other multimedia production projects, including his debut with Sony Music as the PC game work ``Eastern Mind,'' and the American title ``EASTERN MIND'' with Sony Music. Other music CDs such as ``EQUAL'' were released by Sony in Japan and Europe. After that, Asmik Ace released ``LSD/Dream Imulator'' for PlayStation, which is still famous as a cult classic. In recent years, he has reset everything, returned to his roots, and started focusing on creating works. At the same time, he resumed his musical activities due to an offer from the Berlin techno label SLEEPERS RECORDS.
www.osamusato.net
Related information
[Notice of CD release]
Title: “ALL THINGS MUST BE EQUAL” (TYO EDITION)
定価：2,300円(税込)
Label: Sublime Records
Osamu Sato's first new work in 19 years, made possible by an offer from Berlin's techno label SLEEPERS. A compilation of 13 songs, including new songs using the voice of blues giant Howlin' Wolf, co-composed songs with Ryuichi Sakamoto produced in the 90s, and reworks of LSD/Tonou themes. Tomohiko Gondou, Shinobu Narita and others participated, and Yoshinori Sunahara was in charge of mastering.
[Analog version announcement]
Title: “ALL THINGS MUST BE EQUAL” (BLN EDITION)
Label: SLEEPERS RECORDS
Scheduled to be released worldwide this summer from Berlin's techno label SLEEPERS RECORDS. A total of 7 songs, including 3 unreleased songs and 2 remix versions that are only included on the analog version.