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Artworks
Yusuke Yamatani
Into the Light #030, 2017Archival pigment print on acrylic board, presented in lightbox51 x 51 x 6.5 cmEdition 1 of 3Signed by the artist in pencil on verso© Yusuke YamataniFurther images
'Yamatani chose infrared film not for its visual impact, “but to express the desire to look into other peoples’ homes.” In his images, the cold concrete facades are rendered in..."Yamatani chose infrared film not for its visual impact, “but to express the desire to look into other peoples’ homes.” In his images, the cold concrete facades are rendered in a ghostly white, the only traces of colour emerging from what little vegetation there is in the city, or from the heat leaking out from the buildings’ windows or weatherboard cladding. Throughout the series, the images appear veiled, as if coated with a thin gauze which creates a further sense of distance with the world they depict." - Marc Feustel
In 2015, when Yamatani became a father for the first time, his photography recorded the commencement of this new phase of his life less literally. Into the Light (2017) was inspired by lonely walks around his neighbourhood in the middle of the night, having been woken by the baby. A dawning domestic sensibility made Yamatani curious about the lives of others taking place in the dark homes around him, and he began to experiment with infrared photography and its penetrative connotations.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
・AC/DC adaptor: 100V-240V (plug can be converted for any country)
・LED panel lights are replaceable and last 50,000 hours
・Color temperature: 5000K
・Color rendering: Ra90
・Power consumption: 12.48W
・Current consumption: 0.52ALiterature
Originally popularised in the notorious pictures of Kohei Yoshiyuki and Ikko Kagari, who use infrared lens to capture clandestine erotic encounters taking place in dark parks and packed commuter trains, Yamatani’s photography re-appropriates this technology to capture the tense and intimate solitude of silent houses.In 2015, when Yamatani became a father for the first time, his photography recorded the commencement of this new phase of his life less literally. Into the Light (2017) was inspired by lonely walks around his neighbourhood in the middle of the night, having been woken by the baby. A dawning domestic sensibility made Yamatani curious about the lives of others taking place in the dark homes around him, and he began to experiment with infrared photography and its penetrative connotations.
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