Summary

Yuka Oyamas’s practice centers on the interplay between objects and identity, shifting perspectives between identity-making through objects and objects reaffirming identity through performance. She explores this by creating work where objects themselves become performative, allowing for the transfer of agency between them and the human body. Specifically, her recent work involves landscapes – notably volcanic, icy, and inflatable environments – acting as “bodies” that facilitate transformation through bodily actions. These landscapes, often presented in video form, serve as agents, with the body’s actions driving a narrative of change. Ultimately, Oyamas emphasizes the importance of relationality, recognizing identity as existing both externally through objects and internally through performance, acknowledging her own participation in the creative process.

Title

Undisciplined

Description

Expanding on the notions of traditional making, this podcast series documents bold and curious transdisciplinary art/craft practices.

Keywords

work, body, then, material, kind, like, anna, glass, objects, make, identity, episode, have, there, performance, part, think

NS Lookup

A 217.146.69.48

Dates

Created 2026-02-15

Updated 2026-02-15

Summarized 2026-03-01