aaploit is pleased to announce the group exhibition “hyperLOG,” curated by Okoshi Madoka, running from May 9 to May 25, 2025. This marks the first exhibition at aaploit curated by an artist themselves, representing a significant inquiry into the relationship between preservation and technological innovation in media art.
The Desire to Preserve hyperLOG
Media art has continuously transformed within the development of technology and capitalism. Throughout this process, diverse expressions and discussions have emerged, and we continue to witness these circumstances today. Additionally, expressive media that change due to technological innovation and market expectations raise questions about the preservation, restoration, and reproducibility of media art. This extends beyond merely “preserving works” to directly connect with value formation in the art market.
Media art also changes the meaning and function of works alongside technological development. Among works created using technology and works that use technology as their medium, media art practitioners must consider their works self-referentially. Within technological innovation, we seek to reexamine the essence of technology and media art, as well as their critical nature.
This exhibition provides an opportunity to consider the medium-specific qualities, production processes, and expressive values of media art. Positioned as a contemporary art exhibition with a museological perspective, it features artists from diverse backgrounds including fine arts, engineering, and sociology. Through the commonalities and differences in the technologies that emerge, we explore the essence and critical nature of media art.
“Hyper,” part of the exhibition title, is a term used in acts of connecting multiple files and pages on the internet, such as hypertext and hyperlinks. This exhibition consists of five groups of artists. These five endeavors will compound with each other, inscribing new values. Therefore, we title this exhibition “hyperLOG.”
References:
- Kubota Akihiro, Hatanaka Minoru. Media Art Theory: What on Earth Are You Seeking? 1st ed. Film Art, 2018.
- Lev Manovich. The Language of New Media: Art, Design, and Cinema in the Digital Age. Translated by Hori Jun’nosuke. 1st ed. Misuzu Shobo, 2013.
For inquiries regarding the exhibition “hyperLOG,” please contact info@aaploit.com
Exhibition Overview
hyperLOG
Dates: May 9 (Friday) to May 25 (Sunday), 2025
Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 13:00-18:00
Please make reservations for other days during the exhibition period.
Venue: aaploit, 2F TMK Building, 1-21-17 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Participating Artists
Iwasaki Hiromasa
To approach environments and landscapes from non-human perspectives, he creates the series “Printing landscapes on things that were once part of landscapes,” which prints landscapes on insect specimens, and “LANDSCAPER,” a work that uses pinhole cameras utilizing holes in tree bark opened by insects during their emergence. He has also published the insect encyclopedia NO-RECORD-FOUND CERTIFICATE – 759 Insects – as a new habitat for insect specimens that have nowhere to go.
2017 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Major
2021 Completed Master’s Program, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Major, Tokyo University of the Arts
Iwasaki Hiromasa, Printing landscapes on things that were once part of landscapes, 2021, © 2021 Iwasaki Hiromasa, Courtesy of the Artist and aaploit, Photo: Matsuo Ujin
Eguchi Tomoyuki
With a consciousness rooted in museum backgrounds, he is interested in the dynamics inherent in the term “art.” He conducts research and production concerning the privilege and public nature of art.
2022 Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Major
2024 Completed Graduate School of Film and New Media, Media Arts Major, Tokyo University of the Arts
Eguchi Tomoyuki, 3 Minutes (Louvre Museum, Cour Marly), 2025, © 2025 Eguchi Tomoyuki, Courtesy of the Artist and aaploit
nisetexture
An art team that began activities in 2024 with the purpose of concealing and inverting simple, tedious, and repetitive daily acts and life tasks through nisetexture (fake textures, tactile sensations, and surface appearances of objects and things). Participants include Ohta Sora and Kobayashi Reina. Their main activity is walking through cities all night after drinking parties. Their hobby is confirming whether wood materials found in cities are real.
2024 Formed
nisetexture, Living Room Training, 2024, © 2024 nisetexture, Courtesy of the Artists and aaploit
Hisayama Midori
On one hand, there are images that inspire my sensibility, and on the other, there are images that do not. I want to know what differences exist between them.
As a typology of my own sensibility, these paintings exist.
2022 Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Major
Hisayama Midori, Vigilant Dog, 2025, © 2025 Hisayama Midori, Courtesy of the Artist and aaploit
Morita Mari
Using familiar digital technologies such as electronic crafts and 3D scanning, she explores new relationships with her own body, others, and objects around her. Through repeated trial-and-error experiments across genres, she discovers the potential possibilities of technology and attempts expressions that shake familiar sensations. At the same time, she also aims for her works to intersect with others’ perspectives and specialized fields, expanding in unexpected directions.
2021 Graduated from Waseda University, School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Department of Expressive Engineering
2024 Completed Graduate School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Major in Expressive Engineering, Waseda University
Morita Mari, Molting Metri, 2023, © 2023 Morita Mari, Courtesy of the Artist and aaploit
Curator: Okoshi Madoka
She primarily attempts artistic practices that capture human perception and society transformed by smartphones. Focusing on changes in how digital images are viewed and shifts in perspective since the advent of smartphones, she conducts investigations based on xR technology, iOS applications, and various sensors installed in smartphones. She questions our surrounding technology and ways of seeing the world, offering new perspectives.
2020 Graduated from Akita University of Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Major
2023 Completed Master’s Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS)
2025 Currently enrolled in Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Informatics, Social Informatics Major, Nagoya University