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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Date
- 2004
- Media category
- Time-based art
- Materials used
- single channel digital video, colour, sound
- Dimensions
- duration: 00:02:01 min; aspect ratio: 4:3
- Signature & date
Signed l.c. Certificate of authenticity., blue ink "Mai Yamashita+ N. Kobayashi". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Geoff Ainsworth AM 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 94.2018
- Copyright
- © Mai Yamashita + Naoto Kobayashi
- Artist information
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Mai Yamashita
Works in the collection
- Artist information
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Naoto Kobayashi
Works in the collection
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About
In this work, video of a shooting star has been slowed down to allow time for artist Mai Yamashita to voice her wishes while the star falls. Spoken in Japanese, her wishes include:
I wish to become a great artist.
I wish that an article about me will be in newspapers, when I die.
I wish not to worry about money.
I wish not to be sick anymore.
I wish to live conspicuous and long.
I wish to have no regrets after death.
I wish to be a bit prettier after I’m born again.
I wish to win the lottery.
I wish to be a better mixer.
I wish to be more positive.
I wish to soon hold my solo show.
I wish to be devoted to my parents even a little.
I wish to repay my debt to the Japan Scholarship Foundation.
I wish to produce my works more energetically.
I wish to be a bit cleverer.
I wish to live in a house with a bathroom.
I wish to be a good singer.
I wish to have witty conversations.
I wish to have a knack of winning.
I wish to be young forever.
I wish to die suddenly.
I wish to produce masterpieces. -
Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Under the Stars, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Mar 2020–07 Feb 2021