Mayura Torii travelled to Berlin.
Marseille’s second artist Pascal Navarro travelled to Lisbon
Artist’s Statement
Mayura Torii lets herself be carried by a floating incomprehension, a confusion of genres and values. She records this floating and this confusion, builds them, always in the name of a smile. She reinjects playfulness, a subtle joke, into the pontificating aspect of the concept. In this, she remains amused and skeptical of the Westerner’s overvaluation of performative thinking. She is not simply content with reminding us that there are other worlds with different orientations and hierarchies. By destabilizing without seriousness, she works sensations of joy and astonishment specific to each disorientation. Each one of these works restores to us the trouble of passage, the indecision at the threshold, the delicious thrill of a small mental border to cross. : Extract from “Faux ami(Fozami)” – Frédéric Valabrègue
Artist’s Biography
Mayura Torii was born in Shizuoka, Japan in 1977. After a few years studying drawing and oil painting in Tokyo, she left for the United States and then Berlin. In 2001 she moved to Marseille, where she studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and obtained her DNSEP (Higher National Diplomas in Arts) in 2007. Since then, she has combined a teaching career with her work as a visual artist. She exhibits regularly in galleries and institutions. She will be present this year 2023 at the Château de Servières (Marseille) and at the FRAC Picardie (Regional Fund for Contemporary Art).
More info
Artist’s website
Video from the visit
Visual Gesture
Each artist on the residency programme was asked to create a simple visual gesture for potential inclusion in the ULYSSES European Odyssey book. An image that reflected their visit to another partner city, a moment which stayed with them, something quite simple, even symbolic.
All images are copyright of the individual artists.
