TATSUO MIYAJIMA

CHLOÉ WOLIFSON

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia CONNECT WITH EVERYTHING For Tatsuo Miyajima, numbers hold the key to the universe. The Japanese artist believes the digits one through nine embody the Buddhist philosophy of change and renewal, while zero represents sleep, the void, a momentary pause between life and death. In Miyajima’s most recent survey exhibition, “Connect with Everything,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), this numerical life cycle was seen both ascending and descending, though zero was always absent. By omitting this deathly pause, the cycle of numbers could endlessly rise and fall. Miyajima created performance works in the 1980s; however, he sees the art form as ungenerous to the audience due to its short-lived nature. He now refers to his sculptures and installations as “performing objects,” intended to…

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