G/P gallery is delighted to present the solo exhibition of Mayumi Hosokura. The exhibition features Hosokura’s new series of work titled ‘Floaters’, photographed in Taiwan in 2012. ‘Floaters’ was produced through a complex combination of analogue and digital print techniques to approach the immateriality of an image against the materiality of medium. In the photographs each image appears ambivalently and unfixed, as if its floating on the print forever.

The new series ‘Floaters’ were first photographed in Taipei in 2012, when Hosokura participated in the
Artis In Residency program at Kuandu Museum. The images were photographed with color films, then
printed through the process of tintype. The tintype prints were digitally scanned again and finally
produced as type-C prints, which will be in view at the exhibition. Applying the analogue process of
tintype but with the handmade photographic plates makes uncontrollable air bubbles, dripping marks and
scratches that disturb the surface of images. By leaving those residues of the process, Hosokura
intentionally keeps each print with physical marks of the moments and create layers of time, whereas
such a layer structure may emphasize the immateriality of an image.

The concept of the series were inspired by her experience in Taiwan, such as the tropical nature, climate,
and the youth with animation. The photographer describes her experience as something like a fever, and
it made her think of photography as an ambiguous medium, floating between its materiality and visuality.

去年曾來台駐村的日本藝術家細倉真弓即將在東京G/P藝廊舉辦個展，發表在台灣期間拍攝的新作。作品靈感來自於她駐村期間在台灣的生活感受，「亞熱帶的氣候、自然景觀和蠢蠢欲動的青春，人像是發了燒。」這經驗讓她在看待攝影本身時，把它當作一種隱晦的介質，在虛與實之間游移著。

Mayumi Hosokura Solo Exhibition 'Floaters'
2013.7.5 fri. – 8.10 sat.
Gallery open daily noon - 8 pm
/ Closed on Sunday & Monday
Opening Reception: July 5th, 6 - 8 pm

Artist Talk: July 6th, 6 - 8 pm with guest speaker Shauba Chang (Waterfall)
*Advanced booking is recommended to attend the event