Riku Yamakawa | Aokid's "Let's Sketch & Draw the Environment (with inspiration for movement triggers)" and others (From "BUG School 2025: Moment Scape" / Part 1)
This article explores the parallels between drawing and dance through Aokid's exhibition and workshop, focusing on embodied perception.Summary
This article discusses the works and workshop presented by Aokid for the exhibition "BUG School 2025: Moment Scape," curated by Kaho Ikeda. The author participated in Aokid's workshop, experiencing how mimicking his movements led to an awareness of one's own body interacting with others. Aokid is an artist whose practice integrates dance, drawing, sculpture, and video; his drawings, such as the title piece 《環境（動くきっかけのインスピレーションがある）のスケッチ&ドローイングしよ》, are seen as analogous to dance in the act of filling space with pen strokes. The review notes how the disruption of perspective in his drawings—where large elements like the Earth are drawn with thick lines suggesting closeness, while small figures are drawn thinly—disturbs the viewer's sense of scale and bodily position. Furthermore, Aokid's installation 《“月る、幽霊る、角く、春”をやっているコーナー》 functions as choreography for viewing, suggesting that the act of looking itself becomes a form of dance, a concept subtly embedded within the exhibition space.
(Source：artscape)