iimawashi: Contemporary Art from Japan

Merz Gallery

Edinburgh International Festival Fringe 2005

Artists Name: Michiyoshi Isozaki Title: Life of Mop Material: Image from DVD Size: NTSC looped video 2004

Michiyoshi Isozaki   has developed a diverse body of works that aim at bringing the creative world to a   wide cross section of society. He has been involved in many workshop activities for young people and develops his performance participatory projects with the aim of allowing as many people as possible, outside of the art world, to experience the processes of contemporary art practice. In addition to this he has an alter-ego Mr Mop, whose job it would seem is to wander through the corridors of our lives cleaning our thoughts and feelings with the slow and methodical actions of this humorous, comical character.