Mariko Mori (born
Tokyo 1967 )
Mori was born in Tokyo in 1967, studied fashion
design in Japan, and worked as a fashion model during the
late 1980s. She attended art schools in London and New York,
and her work reflects the combination of influences from Eastern
and Western cultures.
Mori's work thus draws together new technologies and futuristic
icons from the mediascape of the present and the spirituality
and tradition of the past.
The four photographs, Entropy of Love, (1996) Burning
Desire, (1996-98) Mirror of Water, (1996-98) and Pure
Land (1996-98), symbolize, respectively, the four
natural forces in the world: air, fire, water, and
earth.
Water: Mirror of the Water -1996
Fire: Burning desire 1998
Completed by Pure Land ( Earth )
and Entropy of Love (Air)
Kumano (1997-98)
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Birth of star 1995
Dream temple Tokyo 1999
Horyu-ji temple in Nara.
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Since1995, Mariko Mori works in Beginning of the End project.
Beginning of the End consist in 13 panoramic pictures, with
3 series : Past (Angkor, Teotihuacan, La Paz, Gizeh), Present
(Time Square-New York, Shibuya- Tokyo, Picadilly Circus-Londres,
Hong Kong) and Future (La Défense-Paris, Shangaï, Docklands-Londres,
Odaiba-Tokyo, Berlin)
Beginning of the end, Past, Gizeh, panorama 360°.
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