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“Die Multi-Media-Künstlerin Mori inszeniert sich selbst in Phantasiekostümen und mit Hilfe von Fotografien, mit Video und Computerprogrammen. Die Verwandlungen reichen vom Cyber-Popstar bis zur buddhistischen oder gar kosmischen Gottheit, die von Spielzeugfiguren umschwirrt wird. ‘Mit Humor in's virtuelle Zeitalter’, schreibt die Zeitschrift Art über Mariko Mori.” (Kat. Lindemanns Fotobücher, 1. Nachtrag zu Kat. 25, Stuttgart, Frühjahr 1999). - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 05.1999.

Incl. bibliography, exhibition history and an illustrated 10-page section of reproducing numerous conceptual drawings and other images from Mori's sketchbook. Beautifully printed fine heavy matt art paper (reproductions of drawings) and translucent vellum (which separate each section of the book) by Meroni Arti Grafiche, Lissone. Published on the occasion of the 1999 exhibition Mariko Mori: Dream Temple (Project Director Germano Celant) at the Fondazione Prada, Milano. From the publisher: "This beautifully designed book presents Mariko Mori's Dream Temple project, a full-scale temple inspired by Yumendono, an Eighth century Buddhist temple in Japan. Beginning with her pencil, ink, and watercolor drawings of cellular activity and interplanetary relationships, and continuing with architectural drawings, digital images, and video stills, Mori's vision of a contemporary meditative space is a mesmerizing journey into the micro and macrocosmic forces of creation. The finished temple, built out of dichroic glass, an ever-changing, iridescent surface, serves as a metaphor for both the body and consciousness. The high production quality and graphic design of this book harmonizes with Mori's project as well, and uses transparent vellum and fine papers to present her drawings, informal notes, Buddhist inspired thoughts written calligraphically in Japanese characters, and storyboard plans for how different components of the temple would come together". (Antiq. Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, 04.2005).