By Biennale of Sydney
23rd Biennale of Sydney: rīvus
Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay Arts Precinct (2022) by Document PhotographyBiennale of Sydney
About the participant
Yuko Mohri
Born 1980 in Kanagawa, Japan
Lives in Tokyo, Japan
Yuko Mohri is an installation artist. Her kinetic sculptures, using reconfigured everyday objects and machine parts, highlight various facets coming from the encounter between objects and invisible energies such as magnetism, gravity, wind, or light.
She authorises uncontrollable and nonhuman elements to conduct within their networks, which are often compared to a self-contained 'ecosystem', incessantly channeling the surrounding environment.
Moré Moré (Leaky): Variations (2022) by Yuko MohriBiennale of Sydney
Moré Moré (Leaky): Variations, 2022
Part of her ongoing series of Moré Moré (Leaky) installations, Yuko Mohri's new site-specific installation at Pier 2/3 uses found objects and everyday materials to respond to the architecture and surrounding water ecologies.
Moré Moré (Leaky): Variations (2022) by Yuko MohriBiennale of Sydney
Mohri began the series in 2009, when she noticed how station agents were creatively combining everyday objects and materials such as umbrellas, bags, water bottles, buckets, and plastic sheeting to redirect the flow of groundwater leaking through the municipal infrastructure.
Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay Arts Precinct (2022) by Document PhotographyBiennale of Sydney
‘Around 10 years ago, when I had no money but a lot of time, I would buy a daily travel pass for the JR trains or the subway and travel to areas in Tokyo that I had never been to before. Strolling and wandering around, I observed the locations of water leaks at stations.'
Moré Moré (Leaky): Variations (2022) by Yuko MohriBiennale of Sydney
'The methods and objects used to stop the leaks varied depending on the stations or train lines. To me they looked like different approaches to sculpting – they were treasure houses of inspiration.’
—Yuko Mohri
Tap to explore
Navigate through Pier 2/3 and explore Yuko Mohri's Moré Moré (Leaky): Variations, 2022.
Liquid Languages – Yuko Mohri | Found Materials (2022) by Ankit MishraBiennale of Sydney
Journey to Tokyo with Yuko Mohri and learn more about her practice.
Moré Moré Tokyo (Leaky Tokyo): Fieldwork (2021) by Yuko MohriBiennale of Sydney
Moré Moré Tokyo (Leaky Tokyo): Fieldwork, 2009–2021
A series of photographs that inspire the ongoing series of More More (Leaky) installations, including the site-specific installation at Pier 2/3, were presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Moré Moré Tokyo (Leaky Tokyo): Fieldwork (2021) by Yuko MohriBiennale of Sydney
Moré Moré Tokyo (Leaky Tokyo): Fieldwork is a series of photographs of makeshift water repairs found at train and subway stations across metropolitan Tokyo.
Moré Moré Tokyo (Leaky Tokyo): Fieldwork (2021) by Yuko MohriBiennale of Sydney
