Maeda's SIMPLICITY

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21st century meets 18th century.

My exhibition opened in London last week at Riflemaker Gallery in the Soho area of London. I breathed a heavy sigh of relief on opening night that everything was operational. Phew.

At the exhibition there is a new piece I've made of 16 iPod Nanos which resulted in a terrible mess of power cables that we decided to reveal for the audience. On the one hand, the Nanos exhibited a kind of digital coolness and simplicity, whereas when your eyes wandered slightly east you see a tyrannical jumble of cables and plugs that embodies the underlying complexity.

A video walkthrough of the space is visible here. Matthew Sweet of the BBC interviewed me on the theme of simplicity and my exhibition for his popular show Nightwaves here.

Posted by maeda at May 5, 2007 06:14 AM