Beyond Spheres is a photography project by Koichiro Kurita and is being sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts since 2010.

Wada Garou and FotoSphere Gallery are pleased to hold the exhibitions in the same period, under the title of this project.

Inspired from his study of perceptual psychology,“Perceiving” series will be mainly shown at Wada Garou.

Kurita compose sequences using an 8x10" format camera. The resulting image, (multiple images in a single format) is a condensed and focused visual area without emphasis of perspective and distortion rather than a single photograph which we could take one shutter using a super wide lens.

And also,  "CHI-SUI- KI" series in which Kurita captures the borders of Atmosphere, Terrasphere and Hydrosphere as a main theme of his study, will be exhibited.

Beyond Spheres (www.beyondspheres.com)

The project is inspired by the literature of Henry David Thoreau and attempts to visually explore Thoreau’s philosophy regarding the relationship between nature and humanity. Kurita retraces the steps of Thoreau as he traveled throughout the landscapes of New England region during the mid-19th century. Kurita uses his 8x10 camera to make negatives on paper employing an early photographic process (Calotype /Talbotype) from this same time period invented by William Henry Fox Talbot.

Also, the project provides workshops, forums regarding a relation between art and nature, has  collaborated with several organisations and institutions,  such  as  North  Fork Audubon  Society  (NY),  Waterfall  Arts  (ME)  and  Bennington College  (VT).

About the Artist:

Graduated from Kansai Gakuin University (Kobe, Japan), majored in perceptual psychology.

He has been photographing and exhibiting his works in the US with his consistent natural philosophy, since he received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council (part of John D. Rockefeller III Fund) in 1990.

Kurita’s work has been exhibited internationally and collected by major museums including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Los Angels County Museum; the Princeton University Art Museum; Yale University Art Gallery; The Fogg Museum at Harvard University; George Eastman House; La Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris; Bibliotheque Nationale de France, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum; among others.