¡°Following the other, one replaces him, exchanges lives, passions, wills, transforms oneself in the other¡¯s stead. It is perhaps the only way man can finally fulfill himself. An ironic way, but all the more certain.¡±
This quotation from Jean Baudrillard¡¯s 1983 essay ¡°Please Follow Me¡± is currently being displayed in the main corridor of the Hara Museum of Contem- porary Art. It¡¯s an indication that Baudrillard¡¯s writings, in particular his meditations on hyperreality and imagery, informs the work of Masaharu Sato, whose solo exhibition ¡ª ¡°Tokyo Trace¡± ¡ª runs at the museum until early May this year.
The exhibition consists of two main bodies of work ¡ª the projected ¡°Calling¡± animations in Gallery I and the ¡°Tokyo Trace¡± videos in Gallery II ¡ª both of which use video footage that has been re-drawn and digitally animated. Each image retains a photographic base while certain areas are transformed into detailed cartoons.
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