Starts 6:30 pmEnds 8:00 pmVenue : Alserkal Arts Foundation Warehouse 50/51 Masaru will share work-in-progress which examines the social symbolic meanings of cleaning and cleansing through video, photography,…
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art is pleased to announce Control Diaries, a solo exhibition by Masaru Iwai held from September 5 to October 10. It has been three years since Iwai’s…
2channel synchronized 4K video, with sound10’43”Thailand2017 Making a residency program in Thailand. Baan Noon, a town near the border with Myanmar. There are many Myanmar workers here, both…
2channel 4K video with soundportrait video: 5’55″(loop), making video: 5’55(loop)Mask: φ30cm, porcelain, Materials collected from the rooftop, 8piecesSaga, Japan2018 I had residency each 2 or 3 weeks in…
Single channel 4K video with sound, shredded paper from Yokohama civic galleryFootage from Sebastian Matthias “x/groove space”11’11”2018New “Artists Today” Exhibition 2018 Unfixed Perspectives On the TV screen that serves…
illegally dumped waste, wire, bolt, wood, others.h6m x ø12m, h3m x ø6m, h1.5m x ø3mIshinomaki, JapanReborn Art Festival2017 Reborn art festival was held in Ishinomaki City, which was…
Synchronized 3 channel fullHD video with sound 11’50” Phnompenh, Cambodia. 2012 In 2012, I stayed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for a couple of months as part of a…
single channel HD video with sound 14’45” 2008 I became interested in the excessive action of washing and cleansing. The idea of cleanliness changes from person to person and…
single channel FullHD video with sound 13’15” Batumi, country of Georgia 2014 A port town Batumi in Georgia. The area is close to Turkey and nearby the site…
single channel fullHD video with sound 10’55” Berlin, Germany 2012 I had the opportunity to stay in Berlin for three months as an artist in residence program. The…
2channele synchronized HD video, with soundKoganei, Tokyo2013 This is the fourth in the Dancing Cleanse series. it was an artist-in-elementary school program. There is a lot of “club…
Singlechannele HD video, with sound6’30Wakabacho, Yokohama2011 This is the third in the Dancing Cleanse series. This work was created for a group exhibition held in Wakabacho, Yokohama. The…
ramda printdust in the carpet, glue paper, wood panelTeheran, Iran2007 in Tehran, the capital of Iran. I visited the houses and cleaned the carpet with a carpet cleaner…
variableNagasaki, Japan2009 The exhibition was held at a former pottery factory gallery in Hasami-Cho, Nagasaki Prefecture, famous for producing porcelain and ceramics. I took pictures of the construction…