Ecology: Dialogue on Circulations – Dialogue 2 ‘Ephemeral Anchoring’
An art gallery operated by luxury house Hermès and located within the brand’s Ginza flagship store, Le Forum presents the second exhibition of a two-part series exploring the practice of ecology in art. ‘Ephemeral Anchoring’ brings together diverse work from four international creators to examine contemporary art's potential to be a site for dialogue between nature and human energy. Photographs by Nicolas Flocq, shot during dives into oceans and rivers across the globe, use both conceptual and scientific methods to capture 'underwater landscapes' together with their ecosystems. As the representative work included here demonstrates, the results of Flocq’s shots range from documentary of subaquatic human activity normally hidden from view, to abstract images formed from the green and blue tones of the sea. Texas-based Kate Newby, meanwhile, contributes colourful abstract installations that appear to proliferate across the gallery space. Japan’s Takeshi Yasura presents installations themed on various natural and sensory phenomena ('noise', 'cosmos') that are partly the result of the artist’s daily practice of literal 'field work': sowing seeds, ploughing and replanting. Finally, French sculptor Raphaël Zarka presents a series of photographs in which the latent dynamism of public artworks is revealed by skateboarders riding their geometric forms. The exhibition is closed on March 27 and April 3. Text by Darren Gore