• cast:

    Malte Taffner

  • aspect ratio:

    16:9

  • running time:

    2 minutes 11 seconds

  • printing techniques:

    Mokuhanga, woodcut

  • colors:

    black, blue, red, yellow

A four-layer woodblock print (木版画, mokuhanga) combined with a single-layer oil-based woodcut print, papier-mâché mask and tail, and video installation inspired by the traditional Japanese folk tiger doll Hariko no Tora, a bobble-headed figure associated with good fortune.

The work was produced at Kyoto Seika University and exhibited in the International Exchange Student Exhibitions at Kumagusuku Art Hostel (2018) and the Rietveld Pavilion (2019).

Paper-mâché mask, tail, and frame in the bottom corner.
Five-layer woodblock print.
Nana behind the mask at Kumagusuku Art Hostel.
A toy purchased at one of Kyoto’s monthly temple markets (which exact one I can’t recall) that sparked inspiration for this project.
Aura behind the mask at Kumagusuku Art Hostel.
Malte as Hariko No Tora.
Installation at the Rietveld Pavilion international student exhibition.
Two woodblock layers overlaid.
From the Rietveld Pavilion exhibition.
Papier-mâché frame.
Tiger paper.
Alternative color variation.
Malte as Hariko No Tora.