The Thousands

I think we can all agree that March was a pretty shit time for the world. Africa was in political turmoil at the same time as Japan was being trampled by a trifecta of devastation in the form of an earthquake, followed by a tsunami, followed by nuclear meltdown. It’s appropriate then, that upcoming exhibition Alternating Currents – Japanese Art After March 2011 should work in threes.

Three curators, from three countries, across three exhibitions, in three locations finds us on the Perth leg of Omnilogue, exploring the aftermath of Japan’s catastrophic run of bad luck with (two times) three artists. Sound and installation artist Yukio Fujimotoh will have you walking on coal, Taro Izumi is building a giant sugoroku board, while new media artists Nadegata Instant Party will be feeding you yellowcake. If that’s not punishment enough ex-punk rocker Yuko Mohri buys the time Mother Nature couldn’t afford in Japan by developing a slow moving environment in her installation piece. Otomo Yoshihide draws attention to Japan’s current crisis with his Double Orchestra and Sakiko Sugawa elects to talk it over at dinner. That’ll be (two times) three important lessons on how to endure the unendurable.