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Simon Fujiwara

Simon Fujiwara
Two young adults crouch by the wall of a bare, white room, tilting their heads to look into a glowing, electric sun bed.
A young man with an athletic, muscular build, wearing black Speedos, black swimming goggles and small white earphones, lies in a glowing, electric sun bed.
A young man with an athletic, muscular build, wearing black Speedos, black swimming goggles and small white earphones, lies in a glowing, electric sun bed. A white robe hangs on the wall nearby.
A young man with an athletic, muscular build, wearing black Speedos, black swimming goggles and small white earphones, lies in a glowing, electric sun bed. A white robe hangs on the wall nearby.
A young man with an athletic, muscular build, wearing black swimming goggles and small white earphones, lies in a glowing, electric sun bed. A white robe hangs on the wall nearby.
A young man with an athletic, muscular build, wearing black swimming goggles and small white earphones, lies in a glowing, electric sun bed. Around 3 people stand in the darkened room, watching.

Simon Fujiwara, Future/Perfect, 2012
Re-performed for Kaldor Public Art Project 27: 13 Rooms, curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist, at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, Sydney, 11-21 April 2013

Simon Fujiwara

born 1982 in London, England
lives and works in Berlin, Germany

 

Future/Perfect, 2012

Simon Fujiwara often begins with the written word and combines script-writing, installation and performance to create compelling and complex narratives in his works. For 13 Rooms, Fujiwara enlisted local athletic-bodied young men to perform his work Future/Perfect, 2012. As each man lies on a tanning bed he learns a foreign language via headphones, audibly sounding out words and phrases. The artist describes the piece as a kind of educational entertainment whereby we visibly watch a transformation that is both interior and exterior.

In 2010, Fujiwara was awarded the prestigious Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel and the Cartier Award at Frieze Art Fair. His work has been shown in major institutions and exhibitions around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. In 2012, Tate St Ives hosted his first major solo survey exhibition, Simon Fujiwara: Since 1982.

The presentation of this artwork was supported by Geoff Alder.
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