2022

Holographic Ki

Multimedia installation, various material, dimensions variable

Description

Canadian dancer and interdisciplinary artist Hanako Hoshimi-Caines creates performative projects that activate notions of pleasure, the familiar, and the imaginary. Adapted from multimedia opus Holographic Ki, which was initiated in 2021 in collaboration with the artist’s mother, the two sculptures in this exhibition are made using household items, such as cushions, an IKEA armchair, brooms, and textiles. These “furniture-monsters” are reminiscent of childhood cushion forts and giant marionettes ready to come alive in the gallery. Tiny flatscreens are embedded in the structures, displaying performance documentation filmed during an online exhibition project organized by the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery last year. In the videos, we see Hoshimi-Caines performing movements inspired by 1950s rock ‘n’ roll that shaped her mother’s youth, interacting with the sculptures, or dancing along with her mother and other performers.

Rooted in a reflection on intimacy and eternity, Hoshimi-Caines’ sculptures perform the “home” while celebrating the infinite nature of the world outside of us. The works shown here invite the viewer to consider intersections between the posture of the host and the figure of the ancestor, while addressing issues of identity through an intergenerational approach and references to Japanese culture.

- Maude Johnson and Florence-Agathe Dubé-Moreau

Credits

As part of group exhibition À CORPS PERDU | SHARING MADNESS

Curators: Florence-Agathe Dubé-Moreau, Maude Johnson

Artists: Amrita Hepi, Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Ligia Lewis, Lo Fi Dance Theory, Benny Nemer, Andrea Peña, Andros Zins-Browne

Holographic Ki, 2021/2022
Multimedia installation, various material, dimensions variable

Holographic Ki (blue video), 2022 Video, colour, sound, 4 min 23 s

Performers: Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Anne Caines, Kai Woodley-Caines
Editing and Sound: Hanako Hoshimi-Caines
Techno Soundtrack: Andrew Whiteman
Studio Assistance: Jade Tong Cuong, Stephen Quinlan

Holographic Ki (red video), 2022 Video, colour, sound, 3 min 34 s

Performers: Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Anne Caines, Stephen Quinlan, Hanako Brierley Editing and Sound: Hanako Hoshimi-Caines
Lighting: Nien Tzu Weng
Studio Assistance: Jade Tong Cuong, Stephen Quinlan, Erin Hill

Thanks to Matthew Woodley for his involvement in the first iteration of Holographic Ki.

Exhibition view, à corps perdu | sharing madness, 2022, Galerie de l'UQAM. © Galerie de l’UQAM

Inside view of sculptures: Kali Trudel @Parbleux studios