Category: work

PUBLIC PROGRAMME
SURFACE / ACTIVE / AGENT
Alserkal Arts Foundation
08. MAR. 2023

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,…

Brooming
( from 4:28am
26. MAY. 2020 – 26. MAY. 2021)

Brooming dogma Wear a mask Radius of 1m 365 seconds 365 days a year Record 24 hours in one year Do not sweep the same place Outdoor public…

Solo exhibition “Control diaries”
5. SEP. – 10. OCT. 2020
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

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…

Motorcycle washing

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…

Mask from the sky

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…

The Stratigraphy of Related to Work

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…

Dumparium

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…

White building washing

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…

Galaxy wash

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…

100 fish (Or before and after of epicure)

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…

Cosmetology on the street

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…

Flag cleaning

single channel HD video with sound.1’50”Taipei, Taiwan2010

Senjoh (cleansing / washplace / battle field)

Full HD video, sounds7’35”2012

Dancing cleansing, “Club”, Koganei, Tokyo

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…

Dancing cleansing, “Social dance”, Yokohama

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…

Everyone’s carpet

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…

Washing stage

performanceparticipants, shampoo, detergent, meat, vegetables, otherwood stage6ftx6ftx2ftThe Kitchen, New York2013Maintenance Required

Polishing housing

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…