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Noriko Okaku

The Interpreter

Animation | hdv | couleur | 6:29 | Japon, Royaume-Uni | 2015

The Interpreter contains a vague narrative that follows the structure of original tarot card, Major Arcana, such as The fool’s journey throughout the rest of 21 scenes to acquire enlightenment towards the end. Okaku created her original Derbyshire tarot card during a residency in Derby, England (2015). Each card draws on the artist’s own insight of Derbyshire’s history and myths - spanning a myriad of symbolic imagery. The animation is revealing an intimate interpretation of stories between each card. As this work is titled ‘”The Interpreter”, it contains many metaphor expressions in order to query audience what is their own interpretation. It is similar to how people play with tarot card. It has the multitude of possible interpretations. Messages can be revealed depending on which combination of the cards they pick - the translation of the cards are distinct as to who is reading, where they are reading, when they are reading and what intention is being transmitted in the moment of the reading.

Noriko Okaku was educated at Chelsea College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art, completing an MA (RCA) in Animation. She is a collage artist who borrows, adopts, copies and recycles existing images to explore the diverse avenues of perception.