Kyoko Kasuya

She studied Fine Arts at l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts Montpellier (Mo.co.) in Montpellier, France. Following the events of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and resulting accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, Kasuya was advised to remain within France by her father. By facing these events between France and her native country, she started observing contemporary society in detail, while examining her own Japanese identity.

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Kasuya’s works recall the temporality of shared experiences, currently focusing on the memories of World War II explored and investigated from diaries, writings and hidden archives of unknown and ordinary people. Her initial studies in Afro-American literature influence these projects, in particular through the importance of written archives that aid in framing the narratives of the past. Here Kasuya questions sociological and historical subjects through existing views which are being challenged and shifted through works of film and photography, thus attempting to contribute a universal understanding of the human experience beyond nationalities and background.