Acci Baba
Adam ver.alpha-001
SIZE
h=40 x w=30 x d=37 cm
YEAR
2015
MATERIAL
CRT TV, Single Board Computer
Installation/sculpture artwork associated with Baba's film ‘eternal return‘. The Ape inside TV repeats the verse from Übermenschen written in ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ by F.Nietzsche.
Code of Silence
SIZE
h=98.1 x w=93.4 x d=2.2 cm
YEAR
2015
MATERIAL
Wooden dominoes
STATUS
sold
Installation/sculpture artwork associated with Baba's film ‘Code of Silence‘. The work resembles our universal principle of ’cause and effect’ using domino tiles. The domino used in this piece is antique 1950’s toy from former West Germany, that has ‘three wise monkeys’ embossed on back side of each tile. Through this coincidence, I started to investigate into symbolic meaning and the numbers representing in this artwork. Coincidences created an interesting story, which I understood as a universal code. I have hidden inside the artwork as ‘Code of Silence’.
White Void
SIZE
h=38 x w=31 x d=25 cm
YEAR
2016
MATERIAL
Mahogany wood, lack spray
Original sculpture artwork associated with Baba's film ‘exodus‘. An experimental film to explore behaviors of an artificial system reaching the point of saturation. Central to the work is the aesthetic combination of geometry and life, expressed by collinear structure and living ants. The sugar water falls from the sky, artificially creating ecosystem for ants to survive. Ants walk along the infinite path, leaving pheromones for the others to follow. Soon one of the ant chose to escape from the saturated system, realizing they have been walking on a infinite path. The others followed and continued walking in to the void as they form an another circular loop. Through the perspective of micro organism, the artwork finds the relation between the viewers to reflect the formula emerging from the hyper reality.
Apolar | 無極
SIZE
h=78 cm x w=65 cm d=40 cm
YEAR
2013
MATERIAL
Mahogany wood
Α | 阿
SIZE
140 cm x 70 cm
YEAR
2011
MATERIAL
Acrylic Ink, lack spray on canvas
Ω | 吽
SIZE
140 cm x 70 cm
YEAR
2011
MATERIAL
Acrylic Ink, lack spray on canvas
Amida I | 阿弥陀 壱
SIZE
145 cm x 84 cm
YEAR
2008
MATERIAL
Acrylic lack spray on canvas
Amida II | 阿弥陀 弐
SIZE
216 cm x 92 cm
YEAR
2009
MATERIAL
Acrylic lack spray on polyester canvas
Amida III | 阿弥陀 参
SIZE
136 cm x 106 cm
YEAR
2010
MATERIAL
Acrylic lack spray on synthetic canvas
Buddha Fish | 仏魚
SIZE
153 cm x 84 cm
YEAR
2008
MATERIAL
Acrylic lack spray, pigment ink on canvas
A Space Avatar | 弥勒菩薩画像改
SIZE
194 cm x 131 cm
YEAR
2008
MATERIAL
Acrylic lack spray on canvas
STATUS
Not for Sale
Mirokunyorai revised | 弥勒如来画像改
SIZE
280 cm x 235 cm
YEAR
2008
MATERIAL
Acrylic lack spray on canvas
Infinite Light | 無量光
SIZE
h=97 x w=58 x d=32 cm
YEAR
2010
MATERIAL
wood, acrylic ink, on canvas
STATUS
sold
No-boundary | 無境界
SIZE
h=97 x w=58 x d=25 cm
YEAR
2010
MATERIAL
mahogany wood, acrylic ink, on canvas
STATUS
sold
Miroku on Iron | 弥勒ノ鉄
SIZE
50 cm x 31cm
YEAR
2008
MATERIAL
Lack spray on rusted iron
Acci Baba, born 1977, is a Japanese visual artist. Baba made his bachelors degree in Environmental Information at the Keio University in Tokyo, Japan (2000). His works explores the unseen perceptions deriving from physical and non-physical realm, combining the artistic expressions into installations and films. The dialog crossovers the context of natural phenomena and humanity’s consciousness, enhancing the viewer’s experience though the hyper- reality. Through the physical and temporal dimensions, the artist indicates a point-of-view that people has never seen before, and images that people don’t know how to react to, but make them think.
Through his career Baba’s visual artworks have been recognized internationally in the field of time-based media arts and experimental films. His works have been officially selected and exhibited in Contemporary Art institutions and Film Festivals worldwide such as: L.A Film Festival (2004), Japan Media Arts Festival (2010), Ars Electronica Animation Festival (2015), European Media Art Festival (2017), Kunsthalle Bremerhaven (2018).
Acci Baba lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Selected Exhibitions
Group exhibition „Cinema 2.0:Dark Mirrors” Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong China (2018)
Group exhibition „The Art of Simulation” ACC Galerie, Weimar Germany (2018)
Solo exhibition „ab aeterno” Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany (2018)
Solo exhibition „aevum-ii” Kablys, Vilnius,Lithuania (2017)
Solo exhibition „aevum” MVP – Gallery, REFSHALEØEN, Copenhagen Denmark (2017)
Group exhibition „Dark Habitats Dark Ecology” SPEKTRUM, Berlin Germany (2017)
Group exhibition „Eis am Stiel” MVP – Gallery, Berlin Germany (2017)
Solo exhibition „aeon” Eisdiele Galerie, Nürnberg Germany (2015)
Transmediale, Internet Yami-Ichi, Berlin Germany (2014)
Group exhibition „Waterfalls” at Słodownia +1 , Stary Browar, Poznan Poland(2012)
Solo exhibition „in between” at Uncle-Berlin (2012)
Group exhibition „Gaestezimmer”, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt Germany (2011)
100 Artist Exhibition, Ouchi Gallery, NYC (2011)
Solo Exhibition „Zenga”, ZEN BISTRO, Warsaw, Poland. (2008)
Selected Awards and Honors
Finalist, Euro Fest – European International Film Festival, St.Petersburg Russia (2018)
Official selection, Tehran International Short Film Festival, Tehran Iran (2017)
Competition Finalist, The Lumen Prize / Shortlist, London U.K (2017)
Official selection, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück Germany (2017)
Special Jury Award, Short To The Point International Film Festival, Bucharest Romania (2017)
Official selection, VOID International Animation Festival, Copenhagen Denmark (2017)
Official selection, Ars Electronica Animation Festival, Linz Austria (2015)
Webby Honoree, 16th Webby Award – Netart category(2012)
2D category, Winner Cut & Paste Berlin (2012)
Official jury recommendation, 13th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL (2009)
Official selection, Pocket Film Festival Japan (2007, 2008)
Official selection, Edinburgh International Film Festival , “Mirrorball : Made in Japan”(2007)
Articles & Publications
"WHERE Magazine - Cover Artwork" (where magazine, Spain Nov. 2016)
"Magazine POLY - Cover Artwork" (magazine POLY, France 2014)
"TANZ Magazine - Cover Artwork" (TANZ Magazine, Germany 2011)
"Kunst als Kommunikationsform zwischen den Kulturen" (Nürnberger Nachrichten, Germany Jul. 2015)
"Speaker at TEDxTOKYO yz" (TEDxTOKYO, Japan Jun. 2010)
“100 Japanese Motion Graphic Creators 2006 , 2007” (BNN publishing, Japan 2006 & 2007)
"The beauty and the fragility of BABA's images reminds us of Goya's Caprichos." (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany Oct. 2009)
