Blind Jam #2 is the second Blind Jam by Motoko Kikkawa alongside her exhibition, Shortsighted Girl's Very Thick Wall.
Past Event
Paying tribute to her long standing relationship with Dunedin sound, Kikkawa invites local collaborators; sonic artists, musicians and producers, to play blindfolded via experimental improvisation among her artworks.
Originally from Tokyo, Motoko Kikkawa has lived in Dunedin since 2004. She has attended Dunedin School of Art and works daily from a studio in Allbell Chambers. Recent group exhibitions include: Your Luxury Gift at Rockies Auckland (2016), New Perspectives at Artspace Auckland (2016), (dis)placement at Fresh and Fruity Gallery Dunedin (2015), and iD2K16 at Blue Oyster (2015). Recent solo exhibitions include: Money We Can't Use Here was presented at Rice and Beans Dunedin (2011) and Always there is something behind, Inge Doesburg Dunedin (2010). Past Blue Oyster group exhibitions she has contributed to include: Work & Play (2014), Silk and Lace (2012) and Blue Oyster Performance Series (2010). Sound-wise, Kikkawa is a past resident of None Gallery and has played solo and in collaboration at The Audio Foundation Auckland, The Auricle Christchurch and regularly at various independent events such as Lines of Flight.
Free to attend, all welcome
Motoko Kikkawa
Originally from Tokyo, Motoko Kikkawa has lived in Dunedin since 2004. She has attended Dunedin School of Art and works daily from a studio in Allbell Chambers. Currently, Kikkawa has a solo exhibition, Current Surfer at Dirt Gallery, Wellington. Kikkawa was involved in several solo and group exhibitions in Dunedin, including: Shortsighted Girl’s Very Thick Wall (2017), Unacceptable Archaeologies (2011), Always there is something behind at Inge Doesburg, Dunedin (2010), and Blue Oyster Performance Series (2010). Recent group exhibitions include: Never an Answer – 12 Abstract Painters at The Vivian, Auckland, 2018, Forms of Perception at PG gallery 192, Christchurch, 2018, and Traces at Tacit Gallery, Hamilton, 2018, New Perspectives at Artspace Auckland (2016), (dis)placement at Fresh and Fruity Gallery Dunedin (2015), and iD2K16 at Blue Oyster (2015). Sound-wise, Kikkawa is a past resident of None Gallery and has played solo and in collaboration at The Audio Foundation Auckland, The Auricle Christchurch and regularly at various independent events such as Lines of Flight.