APRIL LEE is an artist & photographer,
and one-half of music project aspidistrafly.
She also curates the burgeoning Kitchen. imprint
and has exhibited in Japan, Macau & Singapore.
Using the medium of film photography,
she quietly articulates her own microcosm
of the familiar in the everyday.
PHOTO EXHIBITION 「 The Pale Rose of Wool 」
by April Lee
“The Pale Rose of Wool” is a photo exhibition by April Lee for a sound piece entitled “THE SETTING SUN” by Japanese musician FJORDNE, set in a parallel universe inspired by the novel of the same name by Osamu Dazai. Encapsulating stillness, nostalgia, and the lyrical rhythm of quotidian familiarities, this collection of images seeks to explore the fragility of quiet reflections welling up from a hidden world that exists between the modern sentiments of “THE SETTING SUN” and the original novel set in 1947.
Venue : Polymath & Crust (3F), 86 Club Street, Singapore
Date : 1st - 31th August 2009
Exhibition starts Saturday, 1st August at 4:00pm
Admission : Free
ARTBOOK + CD 「The Setting Sun」 by FJORDNE
Kitchen. KI-003
10 tracks + accordion photo album
photography by April Lee
"be noble
always have pride
wait and you will see the setting sun"
"THE SETTING SUN" is FJORDNE's 4th album since the succession of 3 albums released in 2008 by Ryoondo Tea (Japan), Dynamophone Records (US) and U-Cover (Belgium), which received rave reviews mainly in the European community for his visually concoctive compositions. FJORDNE is also known as Shunichiro Fujimoto (b.1980). Born in Japan, he grew up in South East Asia and America before moving back to Tokyo, where he is currently based.
In the winter of early 2009, FJORDNE worked on "THE SETTING SUN" inspired by the classic Japanese literature "Shayo" (1947) by Osamu Dazai, recreating through sound the introspection and pastoral lyricism of Dazai’s language. "THE SETTING SUN" underlines his mastery of melody and dissonance through an ensemble of acoustic instruments such as piano, guitars and strings embodied in layers of dense sonic textures and disorder, transforming his sounds into a new time span.
Packaged in Kitchen. customized 6 fold accordion photo album, the essence of “THE SETTING SUN” is made visible by artwork provided by April Lee (one half of aspidistrafly and artist for Kitchen.). Employing the progression and pause of time, the flow of the images gently echo FJORDNE's interpretation to reveal this carefully hidden world.
10 tracks
Duration : 60 mins
Release Date : 01.08.2009
Selected works 。
PHOTO EXHIBITION 「 Shining water, Silent waves 」
by April Lee + Rika M.
