On going group show is only until this Friday and there will be a closing party on the last day. Don’t miss the chance to have a look at my Skype Drawing project on the wall. For the details, please go to the link above.
[Interview] Japan Update Weekly (26th Feb 2015 edition)
*日本語記事は後半にあります。
Picked up by one of the major Japanese free papers in London, Japan Update Weekly, for its regular column ‘Living in the UK’ in the latest issue launched 26th Feb.. It’s about a story of my personal life with a bit of Skype Drawing project.
Available as the web version and to download a PDF of the paper version from these links, the web version or the PDF.
Written all in Japanese, but glad if you checked this out from the links or by grabbing one at Japanese markets, shops, etc. so you could find the other adds that might interest you at least…
I am wondering if anyone who found this page are interested in my Skype Drawing project and being volunteer models for it.
This started from very personal motivation of mine that I needed more people to talk with to avoid isolation and depression after five years of living in the UK. But found later that it can bring different inspirations to my portrait making when I spontaneously started scribbling of the faces of them during the conversations.
Particularly the conversations on Skype have been very stimulating in may ways as it allows the models and the artist to have frank discussions not only about art but also about the other things, in the very personal, relaxing environment for each other. It eventually makes each drawing very different even if they are all from the conversations with the same person.
Thankfully, some people in fact even became repeaters, but I wonder if I could have more people from more various backgrounds.
I regularly look for volunteer models by posting on Facebook. And I usually give them the scanned image of their portrait (free for non-commercial use) in exchange for their time after the sessions.
So please feel free to contact me via comment, message on FB / Twitter or through email ([email protected]) if you got interested in it (or just wanted it again) so that I can arrange a time for you.
The further details about the project is on this site. You also can access my bio and the other works from the top right here.
Looking forward to hearing you.
Best,
Goro
p.s. If you're on instagram, you can also follow the project from here.
Artistic Isolation will carry on during the opening week of The Green House N16
The group show 'Artistic Isolation' still lasting and the venue in London, The Green House N16 is having their launching party with the exhibition this Tuesday 9th Dec. 17:00-22:00. Please check this out if you're around then.
Please also check the Facebook page of Art Salon London for details.
先週行われた一夜限りグループショウが、The Green Houseのオープニングパーティが行われる12月9日に、再び公開されることになりました。パーティにはどなたでも参加できます。詳しくは上記のリンクをチェックしてください。
photo above by Velwyn Yossy
above: the six pieces from Goro's Skype Drawing
below: from left to righto from photo above, 'Shino in Kamakura, Japan', 'Nobuhisa in Kamakura, Japan', 'Yurie in Tokyo', 'Robin in Brighton', 'Sally in Brighton' and 'Tomokazu in Fukuoka, Japan'. All in 2014, Marker and Dermatograph on paper.
Thanks to an emergency call from my kind friend, Paul, just happened to get a chance to show my Skype Drawings in public before new year.
The show's held near Newington Green in North London as one night event but possibly it continues for some more days. This is in a business site that some creative companies share the working / meeting space, cafe, etc. in a building.
It's funny enough that I really don't know anything about the show, even of the title of the show, except for some artists' name and that there'll be a performance show as well as the artworks.
Anyway, I'm excited to see new people there and hope I also could see my old friends there tonight.
Best,
Goro
Group show '? ? ? ? ? ?' (organised by Art Salon London)
from 19:00, 3rd Dec. 2014
The Green House, 49 Green Lanes, London N16 9BU
p.s. Just have known the title. It's 'Artistic Isolation'!
[LAPIEZA] SKYPE PORTRAITS | GORO SHIMANO - LONDON 2014
Goro’s latest project ‘Skype Drawing’ was picked up by a Spanish artist / lecturer Anto Lloveras on his blog. He’s also one of the models of the project, in the first session between London & Madrid.