Press Release 2020.5.30

Mai Endo×Aya MomoseNew Crystal Palace-July 4 - August 2, 2020*Please note that we may have a limited number of entry to the exhibition, in order to prevent infection and spread of the new coronavirus.-Talion gallery is pleased to present the exhibition “New Crystal Palace” by Mai Endo×Aya Momose. This exhibition consists of new works that two artists co-work for the first time and “×” which bonds their two names means “coupling” in fan fiction.

-Mai Endo who is known for the work “I Am Not a Feminist!” using her own marriage as a motif is the artist and actor whose expression layers the message that bodies now exists gives and the gap between the form of social norms and arts playfully, crossing the methodology and media such as video, photography and drama. In recent years, she issues “Multiple Spirits”, a bilingual queer art zine from/within Japan with critic/curator Mika Maruyama and projects the exhibition at Austrian Association of Women Artists (VBKÖ) "When It Waxes and Wanes”.Aya Momose reviews asymmetry between seeing and being seen or narrating and being narrated using video in a self-referential way and revelas fluctuation of subject and uncertainty of phonocen-trism to create the work which suggests strong and various ways of communication where sympa-thies with others idle and emerge. Recently she is working both in Japan and abroad as participat-ing in a residence program in New York with the grants from ACC and collaborated with IM Hung-soon for “Exchange Diary” which was officially selected to Jeonju International Film Festival.In this exhibition, Endo and Momose who has been approached the issues of acting and physical-ness, gaze and desire, and gender and sexuality from various angles for many times will present their collaboration work addressing “ideal sex organ” as one of the key words. Taking the stiffness out of masculine discourse and consisting of light chatting or transformation as its axis, the exhibi-tion practices the new state of gender which cannot split into two parts such as man and women or nature and artifact.

Mai Endo ×Aya Momose | Love Condition | 2020 | Video | 1hr 15min 52sec

Excerpt from “The Dildo as an Essay on Becoming While Creating”

“As the tradition of heterosexual sex and sexuality continues to be strengthened, it is necessary to imagine different bodies and sexualities that could be reconstructed through the dildo in conjunc-tion with all sorts of creative acts of writing, reading, forming, displaying and sharing. The dildo can be used to design a world that these bodies can live.

...The dildo is something that can be created, and it can be placed anywhere on our bodies. The dildo-body boundary is forgotten through its connections and disconnections, becoming a part of our organs. Without the border between nature and artefact, the dildo unites with our bodies to create pleasure and desire. The dildo belongs to us, our organs, desires and pleasures, yet contin-ues to be foreign to us, threatening our boundaries. Our bodies are being appropriated. Our bodies may already be the dildo.”

(”The Dildo as an Essay on Becoming While Creating” Mika Maruyama (2020) )

Multiple Spirits vol.2 | 2019 | Zine

Mai Endo

1984 Born in Hyogo2011 B.F.A., Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts2013 M.F.A., Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts2016- Doctor course, Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts2018 Vienna Art Academy, Exchange programme

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2017 "I am not a Feminist!" Goethe-Institut Tokyo (Tokyo)2015 "I got pregnant with the God's child." TAV Gallery (Tokyo) "I am a Feminist!" Gallery Barco (Tokyo)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2020 "When It Waxes and Wanes" VBKÖ（Vienna) "Pangea on the Screen" curated by Issei Yamagata TAV Gallery(Tokyo), Former site of BankART(Kanagawa) and others2019 TAV Gallery 5th Anniversary Exhibition "MID CORE"　　　 TAV Gallery (Tokyo)2018 "Teratotera Festival 2018" Harmonica Alley Mitaka (Tokyo)2017 "scratch settlement exhibition" Lifestyle Design Center(Tokyo)　　　 history in art "pop up show at MKG" MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY(Tokyo)2016 MOT Annual 2016 "Loose Lips Save Ships" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo(Tokyo)2014 "Arafudo Art Annual 2014" MINKA-EN(Fukushima)　　　 Nijuni-kai "13 Days of Premium Drifting" The National Museumof Art, Okutama(Tokyo)

SELECTED ACTING2019 Yubiwa Hotel "GEORGES BATAILLE’S BATHROBE" naebono art studio(Hokkaido), BUoY(Tokyo)2018 "scratch settlement representations 5" Playwright by Kishii Daisuke Studio bear(Kanagawa) 2017 "scratch settlement representations 4" Playwright by Kishii Daisuke space dike(Tokyo) SONS WO: "CityIII" Live House & Theater SYMPHONY No.9(Tokyo), 　　　 Kamoe art center(Shizuoka) 2016　Okazaki Art Theatre “Isla! Isla! Isla!” Mie Center For the Arts (Mie) 2015 "scratch settlement 4 Chayakenchiku ni motometeyukaneba naranu" Playwright by Kishii Daisuke, Yokohama (Kanagawa) Directtion :Tsubasa Ohigashi, Ichirota Suzuki, Kaori Nishio”What if you know who shows up from the corner of room 51 at 9 in the morning” World Theatre Festival Shizuoka (Shizuoka) Performance commemorating Jiro Takamatsu’s birth "Script" Written by Jiro Takamatsu, Directed by Yudai Kamisato The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Tokyo) 2014 "scratch settlement 4-Kokoro wo yomu-" Playwright by Kishii Daisuke UPLINK FACTORY (Tokyo) Kaori Nishio "Invisible Neighbors (inspired by “8”)" Festival/Tokyo 14(Tokyo)

Self Documentary | 2015Video| 5min 56sec

Study (Kagaminowatari / Hirefurinomine / Omimizunoko Choe Chung / Dojojiengi / Matsura Choja / Matsurasayohime sekkonroku) | 2019~

Venue:VBKÖ | Photo:Claudia Sandoval Romero

Quail Rap (♀)Music video | 4min 56sec

I Am Not a Feminist! | 2017Drama / Wedding | 10min 33sec

Venue: Goethe-Institut Tokyo , Presented by Festival/TokyoPhoto: Alloposidae

Aya Momose

1988 Born in Tokyo2011 BFA, Musashino Art University, Tokyo2013 MFA, Musashino Art University, Tokyo

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2020 "Born to Die" switch point（Tokyo）2019 "I.C.A.N.S.E.E.Y.O.U" EFAG（Tokyo）2018 "Borrowing the Other Eye" ESPACE DIAPHANES（Berlin）2016 "To Cuddle a Goat, a Poor Grammar Exercise"switch point（Tokyo）2014 "Voice Samples" Art Gallery 1, Yokohama Museum of Art（Kanagawa）2013 "Home Videos" switch point（Tokyo）2012 "Nazoru Hitobito [Tracing People]" Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery（Tokyo）

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2020 "3331 ART FAIR" 3331 Arts Chiyoda（Tokyo）2019 "Reliving the Wounds" OPENBOX（Seoul)  "Happiness is Born in the Guts" Municipal Gallery Arsenał（Poznan, Poland） 　　　 "Beyond Destruction" VICAS ART STUDIO（Hanoi）2018 "Walking in Textiles" Orinasu-Ichinomiya（Aichi）2017 "THE TRIAL"Corner College（Zurich） "Brooklyn’s Finest" Holyrad Studio（New York）　　　 "Melting Point" SeMA NANJI Exhibition Hall（Seoul）2016 "Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice" Mori Art Museum（Tokyo）　　　 "Resounding Gong" GALLERY HASHIMOTO（Tokyo） 　　　 "Roppongi Art Night:Im Heungsoon and Aya Momose 《Exchange Diary》" The National Art Center（Tokyo）2015 "Artist File 2015 Next Doors: Contemporary Art in Japan and Korea" The National Art Center（Tokyo）　　　 "Artist File 2015: Next Doors" National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea（Gwacheon, Korea）　　　 "Railroad siding 2015"Second School Meal Center （Saitama）　　 　 "Handicap[tentative]"Tomonotsu Museu（Hiroshima) 　　　 "PALAIS DE KYOTO/NOTHING BUT SOUNDS"　　 　 ARTZONE&VOX-Building（Kyoto） "Sapporo Art Stage 2015" CHI-KA-HO（Hokkaido） "Sensou-Ga Studies" Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum B-Gallery（Tokyo）2014 "Father And Mother"TALION GALLERY（Tokyo） "Project 01: SAITO Harumichi / MOMOSE Aya, Kotozuke ga Mienai [I Can’t See the Message]"GALLERY HASHIMOTO（Tokyo)2013 "KITAKAGAYA CROSSING 2013: MOBILIS IN MOBILI ‐ Crossing Today ‐ "Coop Kitakagaya（Osaka）　　　 "Susukino Art Project + Koshiyama Project: Kokan to Kokan [Sympathy and Exchange]" Keiwa Building 8（Hokkadio）2012 "The 11th Gunma Biennale For Young Artist" The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma（Gunma）

An Interview with Mr. Kinoshita: Detaching the Voice | 2013 Single channel video | 25min 30sec

Installation view : “I.C.A.N.S.E.E.Y.O.U“ EFAG EastFactoryArtGallery 2019 | Photo: Shingo Kanagawa

Social Dance | 2019Single channel video| 10min 33sec

Installation view : “Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice” Mori Art Museum, Tokyo | 2016

Photo: Nagare SatoshiPhoto courtesy: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

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[ Exhibition Informations ]Title New Crystal Palace Mai Endo × Aya MomoseDate July 4 - August 2, 2020 11 am - 7 pm Closed on Monday, Tuesday and HolidaysVenue TALION GALLERY (2-2-1 B1, Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo)Cooperated by Yuu YamamotoDirected by Tsuyoshi Ueda (TALION GALLERY)

[ Notice ]We kindly request visitors for following measures to protect guests from infection during their visit. Please check the updated information on our web site (taliongallery.com).

・To prevent overcrowding, we may have a limited number of entry to the exhibition. ・If you have a fever or symptoms such as coughing, sore throat, please refrain from visiting the gallery.・Please wear a mask and disinfect their hands upon entering.

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