Soh Souen has been presenting paintings, installations, and performance that examine phenomena related to lives through the relationships with the body not only in Japan but also oversea. He's been developing his own career as a contemporary artist by collaborating with Sara Milio, an artist in the Netherlands for a performance project which began during COVID-19, and also performing with Agathe Naito's installation work at Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum.
For his major exhibitions, “Winds of Artis in Residence 2022” (Fukuoka Asian Art Museum), “It's been breaking, and still breaking (yet not broken)” (rin art association), “FATHOM - Chiharu Shiota, Sumi Kanazawa, Soh Souen (Kyoto Seika University Gallery Terra-S)” , and many others. Participated in the Artists in Residency program at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in 2022. In 2024, the installation work “Bellybutton and Breathing” entered the collection of Fukuoka Art Museum.
The live work Eggsercise by artist Soh Souen will be performed on the following dates: March 20, 21, and 22, from 2 PM to 7 PM.
《Eggsercise》
Performance by Soh Souen
I want to know the reasons to live with this fragile body.
Dents and hollows, soft places and hard places.
I want to know why itʼs formed like this.
I want to know what I am.
I want to know what a body is.
I want to know where my border is.
And if possible, I want to know yours as well.
I want to be with something all the time and never leave for a second.
I want to know your temperature.
I want to know your touch.
I want to know your scent.
I want to know your weights.
I want to know the gravity that lays on us.
I want to know the way to hold on to the important things.
I want to know the way to hold my important self.
I want to break othersʼ lives.
I must not break othersʼ lives.
I want to know the real reasons for that.
I just want to know.
