Artist Interview: Satomi Shirai

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[[Jasmine Fernandez] ] This is Jasmine Fernandez at the national portrait gallery with Satomi Shirai, right? Um, so describe your philosophy on art. What's your Philosophy?

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[[Satomi Shirai] ] That's a really big question for me.

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[[Jasmine Fernandez] ] Yeah

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[[Speaker = Satomi Shirai] ] Um, for me, mmm. Art is to explore and create, express or experience something how to describe in words for me. Then, also, uh, to bring composition and discussion.

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Um, also, uh I think, I hope my art to be universal on the personal. Then, umm, also I want to see artworks, umm, like sophisticated but open up - open for rooms for viewers, like, uh, inspiration, some interaction - interactive - with artworks.

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[[Jasmine Fernandez] ] Um, I have a question cause I was looking at your, your pictures earlier right. The fortune telling one was really, it really stood out to me all the colors and, you know, all the fruit and stuff so I was just curious as to like how you chose what you are going to photograph in order to tell, you know, that part of the story.

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[[Satomi Shirai] ] When I find - in every day life - when I find some culture with multiple disparities - like different - like how to eat, umm, how to wear. so that, umm. think about it, why I think it's strange or uh uncomfortable even. So then I think about it and then create the picture. So then based on that idea.

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[[Jasmine Fernandez] ] That's very interesting. I really enjoy like the colors and patterns that you use in your photographs, they seem to like really pop out. Um, a lot of those pictures look like they were taking, like they were like taken in a home, was that in your home?

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[[Satomi Shirai]] Uh some are my apartment also friends place um, so basically, uh the like space, no when I go to, a friend's house and they have these personal items or food and sometimes when I'm bringing some food or some items for the photoshoot, but basically I photograph what was there, what they have. so hmm...

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Satomi Shirai: What was the question? Sorry.

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Jasmine Fernandez: Oh no, um so what is the message you want to come across for your audience when they look at your photos?
Satomi Shirai: What messages? Yeah when i got that, you want the message, that's a little hm difficult question. No real message but I want hm viewer to find a story or create a story or um imagine a scenery or some, hm I want them to imagine or create their own story or anything and then hm feel or experience the pictures, so eh yeah sorry.

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Jasmine Fernandez: Okay, thank you.