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Hello from Rica
Hi!
Thanks for visiting my blog.
Please visit these links below for more information!
Thank you very much,
Rica Takashima
NEW PROJECT!
Fabric with a Big Drawing from the Big Apple
Social practice art project
・One Stop Family Pop Up
・Ramp Project NYC (StopGap NYC)
Manga/Anime drawing
Manga Sculpture at Randall’s Island
Participatory art project
Old website (1980s-2015ish)
Twitter
Wikipedia
NYFA Current
・Aliens in New York art projecthttps://current.nyfa.org/post/126347857743/rica-takashima-aliens-and-other-extraterrestrial
・One Stop Family Pop Up
https://current.nyfa.org/post/187168306363/conversations-rica-takashima-and-christine?fbclid=IwAR349KMz0ULRq4nVhF5S7V5G6Lg4ClQp-6YujRHg1JXMxNMqG51m8wSWj6E
NYFA Video
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Fabric with a Big Drawing from the Big Apple: making facemasks project
日本語は下
Fabric with a Big Drawing from the Big Apple: making facemasks project
In March-April 2020, Queens, NYC where I live became the center of Covid-19 pandemic in the world, and the residents including myself were in a situation that some of acquaintances were hospitalized or some of friends died. Everyone felt the fear of this illness in real close. I was planning to hold outdoor events and comic cons as usual, but of course all of them were canceled. I started to continue to make facemasks with my leftover cloth and donate them to my community. I couldn't make anything other than facemasks.
Fortunately, I received two offers. One was inviting to group art show, One Big Drawing. Then I created this project: Fabric with a Big Drawing from the Big Apple.
The site of One Big Drawing was released in December 2020.
https://www.onbigdrawings.com/takashima-long-drawing
The On Big Drawing was curated by Friedhard Kiekeben and Jennifer Shaw. Thank you very much for the opportunity. This website is like an archive for me, as it introduces my past works.
The group exhibition was originally planned at the Chicago Columbia University Gallery, but due to Covid-19, it became an online exhibition.
Without this offer, I wouldn't have been able to make a new work in 2020, so I'm very grateful.
For this group exhibition, I digitally portrayed my experience during the 2020 NYC pandemic in manga. The motifs include ambulance sirens, N95 masks, rubbing alcohol, unemployment insurance websites, friends who started community group to secure foods, making cloth facemasks, and fireworks on Independence Day seen through the rear window.
I printed this manga on an organic cotton fabric and made masks from it. Each mask is a part of the manga. These unique 50 masks don’t have same pattern.
Also in December 2020, ArtBase88 in Fukuoka invited me to a group exhibition called Beyond New Border 2020. This was an online exhibition too.
https://www.instagram.com/beyondnewborder2020/
https://www.facebook.com/beyondnewborder2020/
Next, here is a link to the group exhibition Spring Forward for Women's Month in March 2021. Curators were Heidi Russell and Arantxa X. Rodriguez. Thanks for having me!
This was an exhibition in person in two years. I was relieved to think that the pandemic had passed its peak. However, it was not easy to display and manage the digital manga, so I exhibited only the facemasks at the show.
Revelation Gallery, 224 Waverly place New York, NY
March 1-31, Mon-Fri 11am-3pm
Please watch this introductory video with 50 female artists from all over the world. You can see a glance of the venue in the first minute. After that, each artist leaves comment for about 30 seconds. These introductions by various artists are wonderful. Mine is around 6min 30 sec.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgt4zOymAfc
😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷 😷
2020年３−４月に私の住む地域は世界のコロナパンデミックの中心地になり、私を含めた住人は知り合いに必ず入院者が出たり友人の知り合いに亡くなった方がいるような状況になりました。誰もがこの病気の怖さを手に取れるようなリアルさで感じていたのです。私は例年通りに屋外イベントやコミコンなどをする予定でしたが当然全てキャンセルになり私は手持ちの布でマスクを作り寄付する日々が続いていました。マスク以外のものは作れない精神状態でした。
そんな中に幸運にも二つのオファーがきました。そのうちの一つがこのプロジェクトです。 2020年12月にサイトがリリースしました。
https://www.onbigdrawings.com/takashima-long-drawing
On Big Drawing という名前のグループ展です。学芸員さんは Friedhard Kiekebenと Jennifer Shaw。どうもありがとうございました。
ロシカゴコンビア大学ギャラリーでのグループ展の予定でしたが、パンデミックのせいでオンラインのみの展示になりました。
このオファーがなかったら私は2020年は新作を作れていなかったのでとても感謝しています。
このグループ展のために、2020年のNYCでのパンデミック中での経験をデジタルで漫画に描きました。救急車のサイレン、N95マスク、消毒用のアルコール、失業保険のサイト、配給のランチ、地域サポートを始めた友人、手作りマスク、裏窓から見えた独立記念日の花火などがモチーフになっています。
この漫画を布にプリントしてそこからマスクを作成しました。マスクはそれぞれ漫画の一部であり約50個作成したうち同じ柄は一つもないユニークなものになっています。
デジタルデバイスでしか漫画全体像は見られないのですが、実はこの漫画のサイズは横100cm 300cmあります。ですからデバイスを指で拡大していくと、細かいディテールが見れるようになっています。データが大きいのですがDropboxを持っている方はここで見る事ができます。
このOn Big Drawingでは過去の作品も紹介してくださって、私のアーカイブ的な面もあります。改めて Friedhard KiekebenとJennifer Shawさんには感謝します。
同じく2020年12月に福岡のArtBase88さんがBeyond New Border 2020 というグループ展に呼んでくださいました。これもオンライン展示です。
Also in December 2020, ArtBase88 in Fukuoka invited me to a group exhibition called Beyond New Border 2020. This was an online exhibition too.
https://www.instagram.com/beyondnewborder2020/
https://www.facebook.com/beyondnewborder2020/
次に紹介したいのは、2021年3月の女性月間に合わせたグループ展Spring Forward です。学芸員はHeidi RussellとArantxa X. Rodriguez。
これは2年ぶりのリアル展示でした。パンデミックもピークをすぎたのだと思い、正直ホッとしました。しかしデジタル展示用として作った作品は展示方法も管理も難しく、マスクのみの展示になりました。
世界中から50人の女性作家が参加するこの紹介ビデオぜひ見てください。最初の１分で会場の様子がわかります。そのあと約３０秒ずつ各作家のコメントが入ります。多様な国からの多様な作家さんの紹介が素晴らしいです。私は6分30秒くらいに出ています。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgt4zOymAfc
Friday, April 17, 2020
I will be part in Virtual Art Con!
Hi!
日本語は下
I will be part in Virtual Art Con!
Saturday, April 18 1pm-2:30 lunch break 4:30-12:30am
Virtual Art Con will happen here:
Instagram: VAC https://www.instagram.com/virtualartcon/
FaceBook: @virtualartcon https://www.facebook.com/virtualartcon/
Rica's Live Stream @ my account
Instargram: ricatakashima
・You can ask me to make a HK facemask during VAC time. Chose your fav from 77 variety cloths for your mask! I will send it to you later via post mail. I’ve stayed at home for 3 weeks and never went shopping nor used delivery, so I am coronavirus free. I am making these masks with new materials that I had already at home. You don’t have to be afraid that masks I made has coronavirus.
About HKmask: HKmask is said to work like N95 mask quality when you put a paper tissue in a pocket inside the mask. You can use the mask without a tissue for daily use and it is 50% the effect of N95 mask.
・You can ask me to draw you in my manga style from a screen shot during we chat. I will send it to your SNS account.
I will be part in Virtual Art Con!
Saturday, April 18 1pm-2:30 lunch break 4:30-12:30am
Virtual Art Con will happen here:
Instagram: VAC https://www.instagram.com/virtualartcon/
FaceBook: @virtualartcon https://www.facebook.com/virtualartcon/
Rica's Live Stream @ my account
Instargram: ricatakashima
・You can ask me to make a HK facemask during VAC time. Chose your fav from 77 variety cloths for your mask! I will send it to you later via post mail. I’ve stayed at home for 3 weeks and never went shopping nor used delivery, so I am coronavirus free. I am making these masks with new materials that I had already at home. You don’t have to be afraid that masks I made has coronavirus.
About HKmask: HKmask is said to work like N95 mask quality when you put a paper tissue in a pocket inside the mask. You can use the mask without a tissue for daily use and it is 50% the effect of N95 mask.
・You can ask me to draw you in my manga style from a screen shot during we chat. I will send it to your SNS account.
ヴァーチャルアートコンに参加します。
日本時間：4月19日2:00-3:30am, 休憩5:30-11:30am
77種類の布から選んで、オリジナルの布マスクを作ります。私は３週間全く外出せずデリバリーも使っていません。また、以前から家にあった素材だけで作るマスクは完全に新コロナウィルスフリーなので、安心して使っていただけます。出来上がったマスクは郵送でお届けします。日本からもよかったら覗いてみてね。
Sunday, December 22, 2019
LGBTQ and Social Diversity in Asian Art
My artwork has been showed in a collection exhibition:
LGBTQ and Social Diversity in Asian Art
at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
2019 December 2 - 2020 March 17.
Please drop by if you are in the area.
福岡アジア美術館の展示「アジア美術からみるLGBTQと多様性社会」にて
私の作品が展示閲覧できます。
お近くの方はぜひお立ち寄り下さい。
2019年12月2日 (月) 〜 2020年3月17日 (火)
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Card Calendar 2020!
This year, I carried two projects, StopGap Ramp Project NYC and One Stop Family Pop Up including a Peekaboo-sculpture.
Please take a look at my activities in 2019.
https://1stopfamily.blogspot.com
https://therampprojectnyc.blogspot.com
About the ramp project, I am planning to invite diverse artists (including me) to draw unique pictures on ramps.
Please help the art project by tax-deductible donation and get an original mini calendar!
This mini calendar is a perfect card/gift for holiday season.
It can be sent as a holiday card and they can be used as a calendar.
The three drawings are by Rica Takashima.
Since they are small, they can use it in the office, locker, or on a fridge.
(8.5 x 5.5 inch)
There are two blank pages to write messages to your receiver.
One card for $10, and three cards for $25.
(Please see grid below: Your tax-deductible cost will be $5/one $10/three after deducting the transaction, postal expenses, and basic cost) You will get one extra card from Rica as a thank you card, so you can use it for yourself!
| Card Calendar With envelope | Price | Your tax-deductible cost |
| 1 | $10 | $5 |
| 3 | $25 | $10 |
| 5 | $40 | $20 |
| 10 | $75 | $25 |
| 20 | $140 | $40 |
Please visit the NYFA page to donate for the art project.
Aliens in New York page at New York Foundation for the Arts
Please put “Holiday” at Note section.
This special opportunity lasts until end of December.
Your kind donation will be used to events like transportation, material cost for art workshop, etc. Our project is a space where strangers from different backgrounds can meet, understand and create art together. Through interactive arts, participants experience face-to-face personal contact, rather than communicating through Internet social networking services in virtual worlds. This tangible human interaction is needed in our society.
Thank you very much,
Rica Takashima
Aliens in New York page at New York Foundation for the Arts
Please put “Holiday” at Note section.
This special opportunity lasts until end of December.
Your kind donation will be used to events like transportation, material cost for art workshop, etc. Our project is a space where strangers from different backgrounds can meet, understand and create art together. Through interactive arts, participants experience face-to-face personal contact, rather than communicating through Internet social networking services in virtual worlds. This tangible human interaction is needed in our society.
Thank you very much,
Rica Takashima
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