Nao Usami is GlogauAIR resident
from July, 2021 to September, 2021
Japan
Meet the Artist
Coming soon
Statement
b. 1994, Tokyo, Japan
Nao Usami seeks to break free from all types of social categorization, such as gender, race, and class. And to do so, she pursues to create a positive parallel world through games that expand alternative possibilities.
In recent years, she has been using 3DCG technology to present physical characteristics as something changeable. By augmenting the human body or making it fuse with non-human objects, she explores how we can isolate ourselves from existing values and defy physical limits to choose our own bodies.
She also studies visual expressions that are unique to 3DCG games, such as pluralizing player and character “perspectives,” replaying recorded programs from different “perspectives” and expressions that were devised to handle the load. She is searching to create a new visual expression based on these characteristics.
GlogauAIR Project
I had planned to participate in a residency program in Berlin. However, due to the difficult situation in the COVID-19, I decided to participate in the online program instead. Today, many others besides me whose mobility is restricted and who cannot see their families and loved ones in other countries even if they wanted to. Furthermore, some were not allowed to move even before this situation arose. In addition, we are forced to use masks, alcohol disinfection, dividers, temperature checks, inspections, and other unprecedented protocols. I plan to create a game piece based on my current discomfort and the stories of my friends who cannot return to their homeland.
Supported by Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture).
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Education
- 2020 M.A. Department of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2018 B.A. Department of Design, Tokyo University of the Arts
Exhibitions
- 2021 RAM PRACTICE 2021 @Tokyo University of the Arts, Motomachi Campus
- 2020 MEDIA PRACTICE 19-20 @Tokyo University of the Arts, Motomachi Campus
- 2019 OPEN STUDIO 2019 @Tokyo University of the Arts, Motomachi Campus
- 2018 Tokyo Art Book Fair 2018
- 2016 One room @Art space Pamina
- 2015 Don’t say ugly @Gallery EGG
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