Sukitooru Yume Exhibition

'Sukitooru Yume' is a multimedia exhibition created by Daniel De Fazio, based on women in japanese contemporary arts. The motivation to create such an exhibition was to allow the participants to share and engage in Japanese arts and culture. The atmosphere was formatted to create an environment for the stimulation of art and ideas.

In the middle of the centrespace at the DCA, there was a huge division in the form of an image projected on a solid screen. This divided the room into two halves; one containing seating to watch the projection with a very dull atmosphere and japanese art around the walls; the other contained a slightly lit area with computer screens to look up information and a middle, square section that had multiple numbers of books placed on it. 

The projection was a glodfish swimming across screen changing into images of Japanese women. It was to represent 'A Riot of Goldfish' by Kanoko Okamoto, who tells of the impossible love of a goldfish breeder’s son for the daughter of a wealthy patron and his obsession to create a fish that will capture and reflect her beauty.

This exhibition was nothing at all like I had imagined, knowing that it was based on Japanese art and culture I expected to walk into a vastly coloured, bright room filled with interesting and remarkable peices of oriental artwork. This however was not the case. Instead I walked into a dark and dingy room, with a bizarre goldfish projection that contained an oriental sound playing over in the background. The area was so dark for the projection that the artwork on the walls could barely be seen.

I was glad I visited the exhibition to see what it was about but at the same time I felt greatly disappointed that it wasn't what I thought it was going to be and also wasn't as successful as it could have been. In my opinion, the layout just didn't seem right and the lighting did not create the right atmosphere for the audience.