Mariko Mori: Inspiration

Mariko Mori: Inspiration

Inspiration comes from many forms; it comes from friends, family, music, television, and even strangers. Inspiration can come at one subtlety or it can hit you like a bus. Professional, amateur, or even a novice can be inspired to make something. No matter what, an artist needs inspiration in order to create something out of nothing or in order to help finish an already existing art work. Here the inspiration from Mariko Mori will be conveyed, to know what helps give her inspiration that motivates her to do the art work that she does. Whether she herself is doing the performance or it is just a sculpture in a gallery, her works are unique, just like a finger print. What gave her the inspiration on two of her works;

In her photograph she began to place herself as a goddess in a floating position in a infinite landscape and seascape. Her transformative impulses went from confronting quotidian concerns, to a divine matter of mythological emphasis. Nirvana is one of three large works of art that have technical and intelligent aspiring pieces that look for nothing but in making the viewer thinking of about her works. The way that she combines art and science is of a personal matter to her. Part of her inspiration for this is her parents, one a Europe art historian and the other an inventor. She uses both of these as a way to incorporate into her works, using the technology that comes out or the ones already available. She uses them so the viewers can have a well thought out discussion about her art pieces. As well as inviting them to feel the enlightenment that gives the audience a way to leave their earthly aspirations and burdens from their every day lives. Nirvana was meant to help the audience think of other topics as they looked upon the piece. Helping them escape the mundane and stressful times in their lives. The title itself suggest this: in Buddhism nirvana is the state achieved by Buddha through meditation, signifying his ability to transcend suffering and karma. Nirvana is also a part of the Pure Land (1996-98) art work. Both are made of billboard sized with digitally

Which was made to seem like a perfect product and embodiment of contemporary popular culture. In her mind, Mori believes that the Japanese people have let go of their traditional ways and moved to embrace more of what the Western culture has to offer. she also believe that popular culture is a way for people to free themselves of the everyday mundane aspects of life. Japan has something unique that lets the people of Japan embrace a different culture and add to it their own traditions and make it their own. Mori has shown this in Birth of a Star by adding western culture into the piece while still making it seem like it is strictly from Japan. The function that Birth of a Star has is to give the viewer is to put off the viewer and to seduce the viewer by Mori's ambiguousness. It can also be seen as her way of predicting her own success in the world of art. This piece also helps one to feel the balanced blending of Japanese tradition with Western