NüShu: Art x Academia Crossover

April 8, 2010

NüShu: Art x Academia Crossover

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2010 Gallery éf, located in one of the few Edo era shitamachi buildings to survive the Allied air raids of World War II, is a testament to lost culture. So, too, is its current exhibition. NüShu is a centuries-old writing system invented by Chinese women during a time when […]

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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2010

©2010 YUCA

Gallery éf, located in one of the few Edo era shitamachi buildings to survive the Allied air raids of World War II, is a testament to lost culture. So, too, is its current exhibition. NüShu is a centuries-old writing system invented by Chinese women during a time when only men enjoyed the fruits of literacy. (Its last practitioner, in fact, died in 2004.) “NüShu: Art x Academia Crossover” is a collaboration between sociolinguist Orie Endo and installation artist Yuca, who describes her interest as follows: “If we look at globalization as a metaphor for desertification, vanishing cultures are gems of diversity doomed to disappear in the sand sea.”

Gallery éf Orie Endo and YUCA. NüShu: Art x Academia Crossover. Installation. Until May 9, free. 2-19-18 Kaminarimon, Taito-ku. Tel: 03-3841-0442. Open Wed-Mon noon-8pm, closed Tue. Nearest stn: Asakusa. www.gallery-ef.com National Muse