Oblivious Origins

Global Conceptualism



Tadeusz Kantor
“The Sea Concerto”, 1967



Hitoshi Nomura
‘Moon’ score, January 1st, 1979

In Moon Score (1975-1979), Nomura photographed the moon on film marked with five lines (like staff paper). The project was supposedly inspired by Nomura spotting the moon moving behind telephone wires. In an early exhibition of the piece, visitors began to hum the “score”, and later exhibitions featured a CD with a string quartet or chorus performing the score.

His work takes on photographic and sculptural forms (often incorporating both) displaying the natural processes of motion and time while exploring the conceptual relation to humanity.


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