Urban Rocks - Joel Vivian Kirkham

“What is the time of an object? A rock released from the earth’s crust finds its way to a city street. Laying there it seems out of time, pushing against the flow and rush of people and things with its precarious stillness.” Location: 1080 HD Movie (5mins, 51seconds) Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo 35°41'15.9"N 139°43'10.8"E Joel Vivian Kirkham is an artist, art educator at Temple University, Japan Campus and co-founder / director of Goya Curtain, an artist-run project space based in Tokyo. He is originally from Auckland, New Zealand and has lived and worked in Tokyo since 2010. His multi-disciplinary art practice takes everyday life as a departure point to explore more abstract concepts of time, progress, and change. Wrangling with various states of impermanence, Kirkham’s art seeks to evoke the precarious psychology associated with articulating the present moment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This video is included in the exhibition 'Exterior Monologue', curated by Olivia O'Donnell and Virginia Overell as part of the 2024 MSD x Melbourne Design Week program. See videos from all contributors on the Exterior Monologue playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgGN9A-SZN9mxcQzaFljG-bxaSRPv5jTa https://designweek.melbourne/ Melbourne Design Week and The Victorian Design Program are initiatives of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV @NGVMelbourne