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Mob World ReverbKazumichi Komatsu, Masahide Matsuda, Stewart Bird, Lyla Perry-March 27 - April 25, 2021*Please note that we may have a limited number of entry to the exhibition, in order to prevent infection and spread of the new coronavirus.-Talion gallery is pleased to present the exhibition “Mob World Reverb” by Kazumichi Komatsu, Masahide Matsuda, Stewart Bird and Lyla Perry.

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Kazumichi Komatsu

1992 Born in Kochi, JapanCurrently studying at Faculty of Painting, Graduate School, Kyoto CityUniversity of Arts. Lives and works in Kyoto.

Known as track maker/ DJ and also works on creating works and projects in the realm of contemporary art. Based on the background of cyberculture, his presentations are varied from music, video to installation, as if abstract images becomes to be converted into unique sequences, layering the minute phenomenon and changes which exist inside and outside of cities, natures, media and memories.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2016 “FAKEBOOK" Workstation. (Tokyo)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2020 "Allspace in a hall" SVB Kyoto (Tokyo) "Marginalia"SNOW Contemporary (Tokyo) "Bee Wee"TALION GALLERY (Tokyo)2019 "FLYING WUNDERKUMMER" TOBERU (Kyoto) "New Mutation - A Capture of the World" Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto)2018 "TIPS" Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto)2017 "oF -Katsue Kitasono-" Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Fukuoka) "NUIT BLANCHE - MITATE and IMAGINATION Homage to Rikyu and Duchamp" Former Junpu Elementary School (Kyoto) "Symphony LDK"@KCUA (Kyoto)　　　 "MARA" VOU (Kyoto)2016 "THE DREAM SCENE" Pulp (Osaka) "E X 4"FAITH (Tokyo)��������������VWLOO�PRYLQJ�ɍ�RQ�WKH�WHUUDFH�#.&8$��.\RWR�2015 "ALLNIGHT HAPS 2015 “DEMO"" HAPS (Kyoto) "How to get along with illusion" Galerie Aube (Kyoto)

SELECTED SOUND DESIGNS, PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS2019 PUGMENT "Spring 2020 Purple Plant" Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo(Tokyo) Yokohama Triennale 2020 EPISODE 00 "Présage" Hicham Berrada (Yokohama) Live Performance "悲哀斐会 "(Senggi Studio, Seoul) Live Performance "BGM#1 for People (on the premise of it, creating bgm (Fire⇄Flower (fade away near) creation) " Workshop and live performance Théo Casciani "LECTURE(02)"" Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto) Sound Design2018 "Genome 6.66Mbp VS Dark Jinja"ALL (Shanghai) Live performance　　　 "ZEN 55" SALA VOL (Barcelona) Live performance Kazumichi Komatsu x Masamistu Araki "Untitled" Silencio (Paris) Live performance Teppei Kaneuji "White Discharge" ASIA NOW (Paris) Sound Design, Sound Crew etc Teppei Kaneuji x PUGMENT x Kazumichi Komatsu "garden of here and there" chidoribunka (Osaka) Live performance Teppei Kaneuji "TOWER" Roppongi Art Night 2018 (Tokyo) Sound designer and audio technician with Masamistu Araki

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Masahide Matsuda

1986 Born in Kanagawa, JapanLives and works between Berlin and Kanagawa

Starts working under various name from 2010 based in social media. Since 2017, he presents numerous lecture performances and installations mainly in Europe, featuring anonymity in internet society, collective knowledge and de-humanization of artist.After 2019, he works with his real name.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2020 "Hyper Contemporary Art Exhibition" Secret location (Tokyo)2019 "White Magazine" EUKARYOTE (Tokyo)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2020 "ENCOUNTERS" ANB Tokyo (Tokyo)2018 "AMBIENT REVOLTS" ZK/U (Berlin)　　　 ��/XWKHU/HQLQ�6WXGLR�+UGLQś��Prague)2017 "SIGNALS"DiG Studio (Berlin) "INFRA" (Internet)　　　 "TACIT FUTURES"Volksbühne (Berlin)

Sazae Bot | 2010-2017Performance at "SIGNALS"DiG Studio (2017/Berlin)

Photo : Andi Weiland

#newmoon | 2020 | LED light, steel | 120x200x30cmPhoto : Hidemasa Miyake

#olifereliason, #richardprince, #banksy (#portrait series) | 2020UV print and NFC tag on canvas | 91×91×2.5cm

Photo : Hidemasa Miyake

Installation viewa of "White Magazine" | 2019 | Acrylic paint on wallPhoto : Hidemasa Miyake

Stewart Bird

1990 Born in Palo Alto, California2013 BFA, Emergent Digital Practice, University of Denver2020 MFA, Pratt Institute

Experimental musician known as name of Brrd and media artist working with a wide array of software. He creates video works, still images, prints and transfers, often utilizing a vacuous CG environment as subject matter. Themes within the work include fear of uselessness, the duality of motivation/mindfulness, recession into the built environment, and the magic(k) of personally invented realities.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2015 KAKTUS gallery (Akureyri, Iceland)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2019 "HOPE" 630 Flushing Avenue (New York)　　　 "Regrettably" 630 Flushing Avenue (New York)　　　 "Pratt Welcome Back show" Steuben Gallery (New York)2014 "Assalamualaikum Babycastles" Babycastles Gallery (New York)2013 "(A)drift" Victoria Myhren Gallery (Denver)

SELECTED RESIDENCES2015 REITIR (Siglufjörður Iceland)2014 Silent Barn (New York）　　　 Red Bull Music Academy: Studio Science (New York） Institut for (X) (Aarhus Denmark)

Risengrind | 2019 | 1080p loop video

Lab Knit | 2021 | 4K render

Bug | 2020Acrylic gel transfer on aluminum panels

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Torn From The Valley | 2021 | 4K loop video

Lyla Perry

Lyla Perry [b.1991] is a queer identified transgender woman and digital shaman who lives in Los Angeles. Her paintings are investigations into paredolia as apart of a religious experience or transverberation. She is currently the director at TEAM ★ CPU, a visual novel development studio working on "ARCHANGEL:NEMESIS".

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS2016 "1: The Hesitant Dramaturge" sardine gallery (New York)2015 "Paintings About The Bully" MINT BAR (Portland)　　　 "waterdragon" CCA (Tbilisi, Georgea )　　　 "/f live" Bartley B & Co (Berlin)　　　 "Heart of Noise 2015" (Innsbruck, Austria)2013 "Harding Cats" YOLO (Brighton, UK)　　　 "The Artist's Formally Known As" Grey Area Gallery(Brighton, UK)

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[ Exhibition Informations ]Title Mob World Reverb Kazumichi Komatsu, Masahide Matsuda, Stewart Bird, Lyla PerryDate March 27 - April 25, 2021 11 am - 7 pm Closed on Monday, Tuesday and HolidaysVenue TALION GALLERY (2-2-1 B1, Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo)Directed by Kazumichi Komatsu, Tsuyoshi Ueda (TALION GALLERY)

[ Notice ]We kindly request visitors for following measures to protect guests from infection during their visit. Please check the updated information on our web site (taliongallery.com).

・To prevent overcrowding, we may have a limited number of entry to the exhibition. ・If you have a fever or symptoms such as coughing, sore throat, please refrain from visiting the gallery.・Please wear a mask and disinfect their hands upon entering.

[ Inquiries ]TALION GALLERYEmail: info@taliongallery.com Tel/Fax: +81-3-5927-9858171-0031 B1 2-2-1 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo URL: www.taliongallery.com