ATMOSFEAR | 2015

Venue: 100 Tonson Gallery Bangkok Thailand

ATMOSFEAR is a site-specific painting installation that Kensaku transformed the 100 Tonson gallery space into her own alternate universe through her biggest mural painting to date.

ATMOSFEAR is inspired by a special dimension oozing with malicious energy, called Makuu Space, that appeared in the Japanese tokusatsu superhero series, Space Sheriff Gavan. The term then became a colloquial Thai word used to describe awkward or uncomfortable situations.

Entering Kensaku’s Makuu Space, the audience is confronted by Kensaku‘s outlandish characters, composed together into a stream-of-consciousness-like narrative that reflects collective worldwide problems in the public consciousness – health issues, fear, death and mutual anxiety over contemporary crisis. Interwoven with her own personal struggles and social commentaries, Kensaku’s large atmospheric painting is delivered through her uplifting, humorous and imaginative reinterpretations from popular culture.