In Kurt Vonnegut's 1982 novel "Deadeye Dick," a Japanese man walks into an all-night drugstore and gestures for the protagonist, Rudy Waltz, to follow him outdoors. There they gaze at the decapitated cupola of Rudy's childhood home, glistening white in the moonlight. It reminds the homesick man of Mount Fuji, the "sacred volcano of Japan."
Yoshiki Omote caters to that sentimentality in his installation "Traveling Mountain Project 2016." His mini-trailer supporting a mountain replica is towable by hand. Wherever you go, you can take a reminder of Japan's beloved national symbol along with you. The artist even displays a photo of the mini-mountain in situ among country fields.
Omote, one of the finalists of the 2016 Contemporary Art Foundation Artist Award, has been selected along with the 15 other Japanese finalists from over the past three years, to show works at a special exhibition held in the Hotel Anteroom Kyoto Gallery 9.5.
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