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"Shiboogi" (2012) is reproduced from
CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 2/22/2016

Takeshi Murata

"Early in its life, every new medium goes through a period of wild experimentation when its more mystical or psychological aspects are explored, as are the productive ways it can be used differently than originally intended. This is the territory in which Takeshi Murata’s work operates. He is the rare artist who works at the edge of technological innovation—In this case, digital animation—with a subversive spirit. His videos inquire into what material or emotional prisms can be opened up when media is used against itself, or in unusual ways. His earlier works contain a distinctly hypnotic quality—something akin to magic or illusion—and a dense questioning about the possibilities for digital images. A tangible pathos also emerges from his swirling pools of pixels or pulsating colors and it gains a sharper articulation in his later animations when characters take realistic forms." –Lauren Cornell

ABOVE: "Shiboogi" (2012)

Takeshi Murata

Takeshi Murata

Salon 94/Ratio 3/Kunsthall Stavanger
Hbk, 9.5 x 12.75 in. / 112 pgs / 150 color.

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