SAKIKO NOMURA
TRAUMA
Published by Benrido, 2024
Print size: 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Box size: 22.7 x 27 x 2.5 cm
16 Collotype Prints and 1 Unique Print by the Artist with Certificate of Authenticity
Available editions: 2/15 and 7/15
The portfolio title “Träumerei” is known as a piano song by German composer Robert Schumann, and is a word that means “dream” or “reverie”. As suggested by these words, the six works featured here are characterized by a mixture of travel memories and intimacy, and are reminiscent of images that resemble daydreams. Although the city is the title of the work, the two different images were not necessarily taken there, but rather the title was given to each set of two photographs that Nomura put together when creating this portfolio.
The portfolio also includes five works from the photographic collection “Tsukiyo” (moonlit night), published in 2023. The photographs, taken on damaged old films, have a mysterious atmosphere as if the time in which the film was stored has been captured in the landscape.
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The title of the portfolio “Träumerei” is known as a piano song by the German composer Robert Schumann, and is a word that means “dream” or “daydreaming”. As these words suggest, the six works presented here are characterized by a mixture of travel memories and intimacy, and recall images that resemble waking dreams. Although the city is the title of the work, the two different images were not necessarily taken in this place, but the title was given to each set of two photographs that Nomura collected when creating this portfolio.
The portfolio also includes five works from the photographic collection “Tsukiyo” (Moonlit Night), published in 2023. The photographs, taken on old, damaged film, have a mysterious atmosphere, as if the era in which the film was stored had been captured in the landscape.