I do not look at chaos, but at things –so that finally one cannot say if it is the look or if it is the things that command.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, THE INTERTWINING – THE CHIASM

Chiasm is a French phenomenological philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s conception of a crossing-over, which combines looking, and being looked at, (there is a overlapping or encroachment) rather than a traditional dualism of mind and body or object and subject. The overcoming the reality made by the dual-conception is one of the most important themes adopted a variety of approaches in the curatorial field in the world today.

Tomoki Imai and Shinya Inoue, SPROUT Curation is pleased to invite the two artists with different approaches to explore this critical theme.