background
chiho aoshima, born 1974, tokyo, japan.
she uses computer technology to create
detailed and complex images of fantasy worlds.
hybridized creatures are participants in the composition's
narrative as well as elements in a decorative scheme.

aoshima is connected with the 'superflat'
movement, a term coined by artist takashi murakami.
the style is typified by the simple and emphatically
two-dimensional forms employed by a generation of
young japanese artists. she has taken part in high profile
projects and exhibitions and has numerous upcoming
international projects including the artpace residency
program in texas, USA. she also has a solo exhibition at
moca lyon, in france.

'city glow, mountain whisper'
each of the seventeen platform arches contains part
of an elaborate composition. it's a landscape that gradually
transforms from day to night and from an urban to
rural landscape. the vibrant colors keep the viewers gaze.

the piece shows a timeless world created by
contemporary technology. it suggests a utopian
vision of the earth in which the past and the future
have merged and the boundaries between organic
creatures and inanimate things have broken down.
the animal, the plant and the man-made and life is
literally breathed into each building and mountain.