Monday, May 30, 2011

interview: a girl who almost swallowed a tapeworm

I recently visited the world only Parasite Museum to find soon afterwards Kuronuma Mayumi, the artist who got inspired by the tapeworms displayed in the ultra-marine-colored background show cases.

Here's an excerpt of an interview with the artist published in WHO series.

Roger McDonald: The first artwork that caught my attention was the tapeworms. I heard that she would go to the parasite museum to sketch, but what was interesting was that, she would not only draw from the skatches but also creat life-size knitted tapeworm. I asked Kuronuma san to exhibit her knitted tapeworms in the several projects [..] At Fukui Art Musuem it was displayed on the floor as one long line. Just like an actual tapeworm, the work keeps changing its form.
RM: Have you ever tried to put one inside you?
Kuronuma Mayumi
: It's said that they are probably now extinct so you cannot get larva anymore [..].
RM: Mayumi are there any artists that you particularly like?
KM
: I like Kelly and Henry Darger.
RM: Kelly really makes interesting things. He is an artist fascinated by subculture, punkhorror and the occult. When we talk about Mike Kelly, the word 'abject' is often used.
I don't think you are an ousider like Darger, but you have this kind of haunting or obsessive quality
[..].

2 comments:

sandstorm said...

What a really interesting blog! The tape worm thing is a bit weird though I must say. I have heard they can be really long but didn't realise just how big they grow! Please take a look at my blogs if you get chance.

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