The Seven Heterotopias
2024, Local raw materials, minerals, clay, pigments, found objects , dimensions variable
Yuko FUKUBA JOHNSSON
2024, Local raw materials, minerals, clay, pigments, found objects , dimensions variable
Yuko FUKUBA JOHNSSON
About the Artworks:
As geological components, stones and ceramic materials contain a history of hundreds of millions of years. In this series of sculptures, artist Yuko Fukuba Johnsson contrasts the material permanence and utility of ceramics with the transient, immaterial nature of memories. The starting point for her project was a fear of dementia, as both her mother and grand-mother had experienced the condition. In a poetic bid to preserve her precious memories before they faded, the artist gathered pieces of rock from locations of personal importance.For example, a stone in a local park in Tokyo might have witnessed her childhood days with her father, who has already passed away.
Each stone was then wrapped in ceramics and raw materials with layers of colour and texture implying the story or scene being encapsulated. The firing process then integrates the place with her qualia to become a container of memory. The heat of 1260 Celsius reveals the hidden layers of minerals as the clay shrinks and cracks, suggesting both the beauty and imperfection of memories.
As geological components, stones and ceramic materials contain a history of hundreds of millions of years. In this series of sculptures, artist Yuko Fukuba Johnsson contrasts the material permanence and utility of ceramics with the transient, immaterial nature of memories. The starting point for her project was a fear of dementia, as both her mother and grand-mother had experienced the condition. In a poetic bid to preserve her precious memories before they faded, the artist gathered pieces of rock from locations of personal importance.For example, a stone in a local park in Tokyo might have witnessed her childhood days with her father, who has already passed away.
Each stone was then wrapped in ceramics and raw materials with layers of colour and texture implying the story or scene being encapsulated. The firing process then integrates the place with her qualia to become a container of memory. The heat of 1260 Celsius reveals the hidden layers of minerals as the clay shrinks and cracks, suggesting both the beauty and imperfection of memories.
Yuko FUKUBA JOHNSSON:
Yuko Fukuba Johnsson is a ceramic artist from Tokyo who lives and works in Hong Kong. Her award-winning creative practice explores the ways in which ceramics act as a medium of ‘containment’, both in practical terms but also symbolically as a means to materialise and embody our ineffable beliefs and wishes. Yuko was recipient of the 2024 Jerry Kwan Memorial Scholarship, and the SPSS Outstanding Performance Scholarship (HKSAR Government). Her 2024 graduate exhibition at RMIT Hong Kong, won the Augustus Owen Foundation Award, Boon Lee Award, and the 2024 RMIT Dean’s Award for Excellence, amongst others.
Yuko Fukuba Johnsson is a ceramic artist from Tokyo who lives and works in Hong Kong. Her award-winning creative practice explores the ways in which ceramics act as a medium of ‘containment’, both in practical terms but also symbolically as a means to materialise and embody our ineffable beliefs and wishes. Yuko was recipient of the 2024 Jerry Kwan Memorial Scholarship, and the SPSS Outstanding Performance Scholarship (HKSAR Government). Her 2024 graduate exhibition at RMIT Hong Kong, won the Augustus Owen Foundation Award, Boon Lee Award, and the 2024 RMIT Dean’s Award for Excellence, amongst others.
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