Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

One lone hand clenched in a fist in the air (Real natural) is part of a series of video and sculptural work exploring how human relationships to nature are actualised through cultural means, in an age of digital, ecology and networks. It is an exploration of the discourse involved in questioning the distinctions between a symbolic relationship and a ?traditionally? meaningful (often read as ?material?) one, or what engagements are truly possible. Simultaneously, it is in dialogue with taste, and the distinctions between ?valid? and poor tastes. It consists of shards of information, processed and reprocessed, hashed and spun together; some heightened, some pushed towards abstraction. Intentionally amateurish, it is part karaoke atmosphere video, part QVC sales pitch, part manifesto, part pop-philosophy.

Takeshi Shiomitsu is an artist living in London, working in video and sculpture.