On November 1st I photographed the installation of a work called Playroom. by ICHIHARA Hiroko and YANAI Shin-ichi. The photographed is published on the MOMAK (The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) website in the news section.

The room the work was installed in completely changed once the elementary school students and high school students arrived. The piece was transformed from a static collection of objects into something spontaneous and carefree. These are not always the kind of reactions we want to have in an art gallery — or so it used to be, a group of people quietly contemplating a Rodin sculpture without more than a whisper. Children are not so distant from art. They enjoy jumping right into it. Playroom. is the kind of piece where you can see this transition because it was built for children and teens to interact with.

Finally the 1st Art catalogue has arrived from BMO. It shows the artwork of the winning artists between 2003 and 2007 from all across Canada. I'm happy to see that there are more winning photographs from Emily Carr Institute. The original project I submitted that was chosen as the national winner in 2005 is described in this entry. You can see more detailed images here as well.

I worked for the Vancouver Art Gallery Photo-imaging department from 2003 to 2007. I started out making scans of the artwork documented on film. Later I began to photograph artwork and installations digitally. I also photographed some events for the gallery when the event was big enough to be photographed. Here is a selection of the kind of work I did for the Vancouver Art Gallery and other freelance work in the art community.