Motoi Yamamoto

16.03.09 by Jeff

Motoi Yamamoto

Theme Magazine has kindly hooked me up with a subscription to their publication and if they hadn’t I might not have come across the amazing work of Motoi Yamamoto! Yamamoto uses salt to create large, insanely detailed, floor patterns. Pick up Theme (issue 18) to see way better photos of his work, and to read how he relates his work to keeping a diary.

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http://www.corygibbons.com/blog/ Cory Gibbons

at first i thought they were just feathers.. and i was impressed.

then i see its salt.. and i’m amazed.
i’m going to look into this publication
http://robincamille.com Robin

My mind: *booooooom*

This reminds me quite strongly of labyrinths and also of the sand mandalas created by Tibetan (?) monks. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/getthebubbles/89356656/in/set-72057594049447714/) The tedious labor combined with the mandalas’ ephemeral nature is so poignant!
http://www.jeffhamada.com/ jeffhamada

yes! totally – i saw a thing on tv once and it was incredible to see video footage of the monks slowly making the mandalas
emily rugburn

absolutely breathtaking.
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Holy Smokes. This is insane Hamada.
http://modite.com/blog Rebecca

This is amazing. I haven’t seen anything like it and felt an instant connection to it. Really, truly amazing.
http://www.denizmerdan.com Deniz M.

its absolutely amazing how we feel the pain staking amount of labour and patience went into this work. Just by our past experiences of making giant puzzles, lining up dominoes or just watching paint dry.

It must only be something sublime and spiritual for someone to put themselves through this pain…or joy?
http://www.TheSpicyPrincess.com Dana Corey, Spicy Princess

Amazingly beautiful! And like Deniz said, you feel the amount of painstaking work that went into it, just by seeing it. The only word that came to mind was WOW!
http://thelivelongday.blogspot.com kate

…how..?!?!?!
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marius

prob he just likes salt very much
http://thebreadcrumb.blogspot.com/ Esther Maria Swaty

this is great! love the art, and will definitely be checking out the magazine.
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Taylor

So unique, beautiful, and odd at the same time.

Stumbled from Kentucky, US
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jpople

Better hope nobody sneezes.
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  haha
http://www.jasonsan.com Jasonsan

I currently live in Kanazawa Japan where he did an exhibit at the 21st Century Museum. It was the same design style as the last two pictures you have posted there, except it covered a much larger area. It was amazing how close they let the patrons get to it. His work is so incredibly temporary.
Clare

my brain just exploded
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http://gmail.com Adam

Could this guy be on Methamphetamines?
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ma.gni.fi.que !!……
http://www.akatako.net/ AkaTako

I agree they are reminiscent of the Tibetan sand mandalas. I wonder if he chose to use salt not only for its white color but also for its traditional Japanese folklore property of keeping bad spirits away? Incredible and unique work.
Koelsch

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  cheers Koelsch