On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Carolyn Supinka, the head of exhibitions at Portland Japanese Garden. Supinka talks about glass artist Rui Sasaki’s new exhibit in the garden “Subtle Intimacy: Here and There” which is on now through June 12. Supinka talks about Sasaki capturing plant matter between sheets of molten glass, her sense of home and place, and her relationship to the rain.
This interview was recorded on April 17, 2023, on an iPhone 14 pro and engineered by KBOO volunteer Ray Bodwell. https://kboo.fm/blog/55224
Courtesy Photo: Portland Japanese Garden
https://rui-sasaki.com/section/456470-Residue-Houen-Temple-Kanazawa.html
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE:
Rui Sasaki: Making the Ephemeral Timeless
PORTLAND, Ore. – February 27, 2023 – Portland Japanese Garden is delighted to share that its first new art exhibition of 2023, starting March 18, will feature the work of Japan Institute’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence, Rui Sasaki. Hailed as a “glass virtuoso” by The New York Times, Sasaki made two separate journeys east from her native Japan to collect plant life from Portland Japanese Garden to create a site-specific experience.
Titled Subtle Intimacy: Here and There, Sasaki is creating an immersive experience where transparent impressions of the Garden’s foliage are forever preserved in panes of clear glass. Simultaneously scientific and ethereal, Sasaki doesn’t focus on individual works but instead combines pieces into an installation that creates an immersive experience for its viewers. The glass panels that will make up the installation in Portland Japanese Garden’s Pavilion will be composed of plants both from Portland and Sasaki’s neighborhood in Kanazawa.
https://japanesegarden.org/2023/03/06/rui-sasaki-exhibition/
Tickets can be purchased at tickets.japanesegarden.org
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Joseph Gallivan has been a reporter since 1990. He has covered music for the London Independent, Technology for the New York Post, and arts and culture for the Portland Tribune, where he is currently a Feature Writer. He is the author of two novels, "Oi, Ref!" and "England All Over" which are available on Amazon.com
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