Yuka Oyama. 2017. Photograph by Harry Culy.
Artist Yuka Oyama and curator Sian van Dyk discuss Oyama’s project Helpers - Changing Homes
Creating an expansive multimedia project including wearable sculptures, performance, film, and jewellery works, WITH volunteer participants, ALL in three months AND on the other side of the world from home?!
As current Te Whare Hēra international artist in residence Berlin-based artist Yuka Oyama has developed Helpers- Changing Homes specifically for upcoming exhibition The Language of Things: Meaning and Value in Contemporary Jewellery at The Dowse Art Museum. Exhibition curator Sian van Dyk joins Oyama for a discussion of the philosophy and logistics of this project and of her focus on the meanings of home in contemporary mobile and global lifestyles.
This event closes with drinks and nibbles, and further opportunity to chat and to farewell Yuka Oyama before her return to Germany.
