White threads, nearly 4 meters in length, are extracted from a classically toned elegant fabric, looking as if spring water is pouring out. The viewers would find that the part of the fabric on the floor looks slightly darker because white threads are pulled out from that section. The white threads are extracted, one by one, using a needle from the edge of the fabric up to the outline of the oval shaped panel. It is crucial that the white threads are still connected to the original fabric because I intended to blur the distinction between what is original and its derivative. The original fabric and the thick bundle of the extracted white threads seem to be separated and yet still connected with each other.
Extracting Warp Threads to Create a New Quantity
2003
Extracted warp threads, fabric, wooden panel
H.228 x W.162 x D.135 cm (installation size), 140 x 80 cm (oval panel), 150 x 400 cm (fabric)
Exhibited at
2004 Outside of Modernism, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2007 Thin Film, Underground Forest, SPIRAL/Wacoal Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan
2009 New power! New collections in 2008, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2016 Spider’s Threads – Spinning images of Japanese beauty, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
Collection
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
Kazuo Fukunaga