montreal CANADA
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
David UMEMOTO: These are pieces taken from my most recent exhibition “Settlements”, that was presented earlier this year at HUB in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.
- David Umemoto, “Settlements.” Watchtower.
- David Umemoto, “Settlements.” Embankment 1.
- David Umemoto, “Settlements.” Embankment 2.
- David Umemoto, “Settlements.” Cubic Geometry 1.
- David Umemoto, “Settlements.” Cubic Geometry 2.
- David Umemoto, “Settlements.” Cubic Geometry 3.
- David Umemoto, “Settlements.” HUB 2.
- David Umemoto, “Settlements.” HUB 3.
At the juncture of sculpture and architecture, these miniature pieces evoke temporary buildings or monuments standing on far-away lands. The walls rising towards nowhere, the curves running into ceilings, and the staircases leading into the void evoke remnants of modern cities having survived a cataclysm or fragments of Babylonian cities.
sP: What were you reading/listening to/watching while developing this project?
DU: Music: Philip Glass, Colin Stetson, Kraftwerk.
sP: Whose work is currently on your radar?:
DU: Enric Mestre, Renato Nicolodi, Juan Orti.
