Ayakamay: ‘I’m a street performer’
Ayakamay is an American-born Japanese artist ‘exploring the interrelationship between photography and performance’
American-born Japanese artist Ayakamay came to London this month to perform at Hoxton’s Red Gallery. “I’m a street performer,” she told us – so we went outside to stand on the pavement and ask her about her culture, her identity and her work.
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Red Gallery, Hoxton, London
15 October 2015
Interview by MK PALOMAR
Film by MARTIN KENNEDY
Ayakamay at the Red Gallery, Hoxton, London, 15 October 2015. Photograph: Martin Kennedy.
Ayakamay. IDOL WORSHIP, 2014. Digital video. Framed digital performance (limited edition), dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Ayakamay. IDOL WORSHIP, 2014. Digital performance installation. Courtesy of the artist.
Ayakamay. Unconscious Education #006, 2015.「我々は無意識な教育に則り、背の順に列びます」Obeying our unconscious education, we line up according to our height. Fine art inkjet on silver rag fibre paper, 30.5 x 41.5 x 2 in, edition of 7. Courtesy of the artist.
Ayakamay. Unconscious Education #001, 2014.「我々は無意識な教育に則り、正々堂々と戦うことを誓います」Following our unconscious education, we vow to fight fair and square. Mixed media on silver rag fibre paper, 16 x 24 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Ayakamay. Mimikaki, 2014. Performance at Le 116 Center for Contemporary Art, East Paris, France. Courtesy of the artist.
Ayakamay. Mimikaki, 2013. Street performance in Shinjyuku, Tokyo, Japan. Courtesy of the artist.
Ayakamay. Mimikaki mural with Core246 & Kaes, 2015. Red Gallery, Shoreditch, London, UK. Courtesy of the artist.