
ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (2019)
(artist-curator)
23 February through 17 March 2019
Participating Artists (*In alphabetical order of artists’ (sur)names / project titles)
1 Bibah AKHYAR (MY) /2 Izat ARIF (MY) /3 Momoko ASANO (JP) /4 Bakir BAHARUM (MY) /5 SAI (SG) /6 Taro FURUKATA (JP) /7 Ludovica GIOSCIA (IT) /8 Boyang HOU (US) /9 Chih-Chi HSU (TW) /10 Yutaka INAGAWA (JP) /11 Genki ISAYAMA (JP) /12 Yoko KAWAGUCHI (JP) /13 Andreas KRESSIG (CH) /14 Hochoul LEE (JP) /15 Michael LEE (SG) /16 MAIX (collective, MY) /17 Soshi MATSUNOBE (JP) /18 Kiyohito MIKAMI (JP) /19 Mouhitori (artist duo,JP) /20 Rozana MUSA (MY) /21 ONG Si Hui (SG) /22 Tamaki ONO (JP) /23 Abdul Latiff PADZALI (MY) /24 Ismail RAHIM (MY) /25 João SEGURO (PT) /26 GOH Chai Seng (MY) /27 Fiona SEOW (SG) /28 Andrew STAHL (UK) /29 Hayato SUGII (JP) /30 Anwar SUHAIMI (MY) /31 Shooshie SULAIMAN (MY) /32 Keisuke TANAKA (JP) /33 TANG Kwok Hin (HK) /34 Morgane TSCHIEMBER (FR) /35 Silia Ka TUNG (CN) /36 Hitoko URAGO (JP) /37 LG WILLIAMS (US) /38 Akira YASUDA (JP) /39 YIM Sui Fong (HK)
Possibilities remain on the fringe,
Cloaked, impalpable,
Remnants and possessions, Focal points lost,
Rituals transcend,
Constellations will be folded.
The polyphony created by differing artistic voices plays a vital role in the project ONLY CONNECT (OC) which brings together four directors; artist Yutaka Inagawa, artist duo Mouhitori (Tamaki Ono & Kiyohito Mikami) and Hitomi Kanemoto (STUDIO NIJI). The quartet’s concerns as artists and curators are used to foster an interdisciplinary platform for contemporary experiments and idea sharing. For this project the directors also welcomed the artists Soshi Matsunobe and Hitoko Urago to work with them as part of the OC OSAKA artist-curator team.
In this installation a crop mark, commonly seen at the edge of a design in commercial printing, is employed to create a mapping grid. Using this grid the curators organise and ritualise the contributions of participating artists. The directors play the role of an unseen medium—transmitting the ontological subtext of the artworks.
In total, 5000 artworks including unique “archival objects” created through past OCactivities are installed across two stories at Creative Center Osaka (CCO).
These artworks, captured within a cryptic taxonomy created by OC, are presented in an ambiguous state, as forensic evidence or disintegrated relics. Gathered onto floors and walls objects representative of the artists’ spirits create a layered galaxy containing patterns of multiple alignment.
OC OSAKA is the fourth exhibition to stem from the ONLY CONNECT collective following Dogs in a Room (2015, Onomichi), dr/op (2016, Onomichi) and dr/op: Beyond Boundaries (2017, Singapore, guest curator: Boo Sze Yang).
ONLY CONNECT(以下、OC)は、稲川豊、小野環、三上清仁の3名のアーティストと、エディター兼元ひとみ(Studio Niji)が共同ディレクターを務め、2015年より活動を継続してきたミニ・ラボ的な国際アートプロジェクトである。ディレクター4名の多様なマインドが、多国籍なアーティストそれぞれの文化的背景に根ざす思念に介入する「憑依メカニズム」を生み出す。OCに提供された参加作家の芸術実践、すなわちアートワークは、我々が日々直面する、単一の枠組みに収斂されることを拒む多層的現実への理解を可能にする実践的アプローチであり、これを実現するプラットフォームとして機能してきた。
尾道(2015、2016)、シンガポール(2017、ゲスト・キュレーター:Boo Sze Yang)に続く企画の第四弾として実施されるONLY CONNECT OSAKAは、松延総司、浦郷仁子の2名のアーティストをキュレトリアル・チームに加え、クリエイティブセンター大阪の広大な空間を活かした実験的展示として展開される。ここでは、40名の参加作家から提供された総数5000点に及ぶ作品群が、天体のように配置され、これまでのOCプロジェクトの断片が巧みに挟み込まれている。
なお、OCは当初予定されていた活動期間(2015–2020)を経て、この展覧会をもって活動を終了した

installation shot at Creative Center Osaka (4/F), all photos by Kiyohito Mikami








installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing Candid-shot psyche (1)-(112) and the work of Hayato Sugii

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the works of Michael Lee and Fiona Seow

installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA showing the work of Morgan Tschiember

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the works of Kiyohito Mikami and Tamaki Ono

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the works of Yutaka Inagawa and Kiyohito Mikami

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Silia Ka Tung

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Rozana Musa (detail)

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Ismail Rahim (wooden cube) and Hitoko Urago (small paintings)

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Shooshie Sulaiman

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Tang Kwok Hin

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Izat Arif

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Kiyohito Mikami (silkscreen print on rag) & Rozana Musa

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Mouhitori

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Ludovica Gioscia

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (3/F) showing the work of Kiyohito Mikami

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Abdul Latiff Padzali

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Anwar Suhaimi

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Hitoko Urago

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Kiyohito Mikami



Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (3/F) showing the work of Yoko Kawaguchi

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (3/F) showing the work of Momoko Asano

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (3/F) showing the work of Andreas Kressig and Hiroko Urago

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (3/F) showing the work of Andreas Kressig (detail)

installation shot at Creative Center Osaka (3/F), photo by Kiyohito Mikami

installation shot at Creative Center Osaka (3/F), - central sculpture by Andrew Stahl. photo by Kiyohito Mikami

installation shot at Creative Center Osaka (3/F), photo by Kiyohito Mikami




Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (3/F) showing the work of Yim Sui Fong

Installation shot from ONLY CONNECT OSAKA (4/F) showing the work of Bibah Akhyar





exhibition logo & flyer design by Shoji Katsume (Studio NIJI)