PARALLEL MEMORY BY HIRAKI SAWA

Hiraki Sawa focuses her work on the idea of memory and forgetting, and on the relationship we have with both concepts, how they affect our lives. 

Hiraki Sawa bases his work on the concept of memory and forgetting, and the relationship between the two, and how they affect our lives.

Location: Entire floor -1 and LaCaixa room.

Location: Entire floor -1 and LaCaixa Room.

*The installation on display in Room 0 will be open to visitors until February 16.

*The installation on display in Room 0 can be visited until February 16.

London-based Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa (Ishikawa, Japan, 1977) began his career in the field of sculpture, from where he evolved while remaining faithful to drawing until he turned his attention to video, the moving image. In Sawa's works, objects and images taken from photographs come to life and move around domestic spaces, almost in a dreamlike manner, recreating both the memories that populate our minds and those that may have been forgotten. 

The Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa, who resides in London (Ishikawa, Japan, 1977), began his career in the field of sculpture, where he developed his skills while maintaining his loyalty to drawing until he focused on video and moving images. In Sawa's works, objects and images taken from photographs come alive and move through domestic spaces, almost in a dreamlike way, recreating both the dreams that inhabit our minds and those we may have forgotten. 

In this way, the central theme ofMemoria Paralela (Parallel Memory),the exhibition presented at the University of Navarra Museum, draws parallels between memory and forgetting, exploring memories rescued from the collective amnesia that prevails in our time. This exhibition also includes Sawa's participation in the Museum'sBuilding Bridgesprogram, in which he links his reflections on these concepts to the latent image discovered by Talbot in the development of his calotypes.

This means that the thread running through Parallel Memory, the exhibition presented by the Museo Universidad de Navarra, establishes parallels between the duality of memory and oblivion by exploring society's rescued memories from our prevailing collective amnesia. This exhibition counts on Sawa's participation in the museum's program Tender Puentes, in which he associates the reflections of the above concepts with the hidden image that Talbot discovered through the development of his own calotypes.

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HIRAKI SAWA

Based in the United Kingdom, Hiraki Sawa (Ishikawa, Japan, 1977) works with installation, sculpture, video, drawing, and photography. After completing an MA in Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, Sawa surprised audiences in 2002 with his work Dwelling, in which countless model airplanes fly over the private spaces of an apartment. Since then, he has exhibited his work all over the world. His artistic practice questions the ontology of the moving image, the confines of the white cube, and the limits of pictorial narrative. Drawing inspiration from various themes such as celestial exploration, memory loss, childhood fantasy, and physical exertion, the artist evokes in us a unique universe in which imagined scenarios, remembered sensations, and documented excavations collide.

Resident in Great Britain, Hiraki Sawa, (Ishikawa, Japan, 1977) works with installations, sculpture, video, drawing, and photography. After attending a MA Sculpture degree at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, in 2002 Sawa showed his latest work Dwelling, in which countless airplane models were shown flying over the private spaces in an apartment. Since then, he has exhibited his work all over the world. His artistic habits challenge the ontology of moving images, the boundaries of the white cube, and the limits of pictorial narrative. Inspired by different themes, such as space exploration, loss of memory, childhood fantasy, or physical effort, the artist evokes in us a unique universe in which made-up scenery, recovered sensations, and documented excavations collide.