the artwork of UKAWA NAOHIRO

Ukawa Naohiro's Playlist
" Sun ? and others ?! / To appreciate the total eclipse solar eclipse in south Africa March 29th of 2006 play list "

Being covered in existence of month, completely the sun which the saddle it increases that form.... Why will the person probably be charmed so in the solar eclipse? The ??????? and princess heaven Isao of ???? * kappa field ahead performance it does like the large magic of the generation transferring, in order to witness this instant where the sun meets to the God hiding, we would like to try sounding the soundtrack of the total eclipse day ? with the iPod!

EXTRA T'S / ET BOOGIE [ RARE GROOVES FOR THE DANCE FLOOR ]
ATROCIOUS MADNESS / HORRENDOUS AUDACITY
SIN DIOS / LA IDEA [ GUERRA A LA GUERRA ]
EXECRADORES / ODIO VITAL
RAHAKKA / KAIKKI MAKSAA
ABRAHAM CROSS / FEELINGS IN SAIL [ PEACE CAN'T COMBINE ]
DAVID JACKMAN / UP FROM ZERO [ UP FROM ZERO ]
ROCKERS REVENGE / WALKING ON SUNSHINE
PARDON KIMURA / Sitting ON the Jeffreys bay [ SILLY WAKE ]
ARTHUR RUSELL / IN The Light of Miraclre [ THE WORLD OF ARTHUR RUSELL ]

Momus focused on only one scene: people sipping noodles. "I don't appreciate violence. I wanted to make a boringly peaceful piece out of this violent film. This film scene was very impressive, with its beautiful sound and color, and composition. I extracted the beauty and made this piece." It is titled "Healing."

Infinite Delorean Freaks, Ukawa Naohiro, GLAY Museum;
art project mirror, 5 monitors, mirror ball, 5 DVDs, 1 DeLorean (halved)
2003
(c) Glay Museum, Nitro Enterprises, Mom'n'dad productions

Permanent installation for a museum dedicated to the Japanese pop group Glay in Hakodate, showing a DeLorean Ukawa cut into two perfect halves.
(The following is an excerpt from the exhibition description)
The act of "riding a car" is used variously in song lyrics and literature as a metaphor for sex!!! Ride! Being ridden! Riding around! Riding over! Come! Go! Die! Dying!!! Man's instinct wanders about in quest of speed and pleasure while nestling up with death!!! The guitar is another such metaphor!!! Steel strings stretched on a thick, long, hard neck vibrate air which fondles the eardrum and arouses!!
Glay guitarist Hisashi purchased his beloved DeLorean, to see it split it in two! This super car without a passenger seat is essence of the lofty and lonely Hisashi itself!!! This DeLorean, with its mirror-covered interior space, regains symmetry through the refraction of light and darkness! And infinite amplification!! This installation is Hisashi's sound amplified loud by the electronic circuit of the guitar amplifier itself. And the audience that "rides" it will plunge in ecstasy and pleasure, into Nirvana, and conceive new "life" on its honeymoon with Hisashi!!! Now, that's "life"!!!!

sort of surprised i can't find more of his work on the internet.

also i am really surprised to find out he is japan's most in-demand event VJ. or something like that.

also i am really surprised he insists on calling himself a "media rapist" instead of a graphic designer + video artist.

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