ARTvent Calendar

Show & Culture

For the ARTvent calendar, Japanese artist Yasuaki Onishi developed his earlier work, Vertical Emptiness, and created a new piece specially designed for the exhibition space. The work consists of allowing glue to drip from an upside-down suspended tree, causing white urea crystals to form. Inspired by the organic shape of the tree, the artist lets countless strands of glue flow from its branches, thereby creating numerous vertical lines. These lines fill the void between the floor on which we stand. As the formation of the crystals cannot be entirely controlled, the work explores the space at the boundary between humanity and nature. The work creates a dreamlike space in which the crystals reveal the negative space surrounding us. Ephemeral materials imbue this space with an impression of transparency. The experience of perceiving what is absent and surrendering one’s body to this space broadens the spectator’s thoughts and imagination. Yasuaki Onishi currently lives and works in Osaka. in the presence of the artist