Neon Meat Dream: The Otherworldly Work of Jess Johnson @ Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo www.juxtapoz.com

Within all the Miami madness, we forgot to mention the opening of one of our favorite artists, Jess Johnson, in NEON MEAT DREAM at NANZUKA in Tokyo.
Born in New Zealand and currently based in New York, this exhibition marks the artist’s first solo presentation in Japan.
In particular, her VR (virtual reality) works created in collaboration with Simon Ward are attracting significant attention as a new art form that combines technology and imagination.
The video work “Genetekker Archaic” is a two-screen animation work based on the methodology of early video games in which players navigate their way through a dungeon by manipulating the characters.
The VR work "Terminus" consists of a variety of core aspects, wherein Ward renders a world depicted by Johnson into 3D imagery, while incorporating sound composed by Andrew Clarke.