Someone Else's Home

Someone Else’s Home accentuates the unnoticed in everyday life: a mundane street view, an abandoned chair, a random passer-by. Steering away from the focal points of world heritage in the tourism industry, publista recomposes the lesser-known wonders and uncovers the overlooked excitement in Egypt. Photos are transferred onto or attached to found objects familiar to those in Cairo, evoking dynamic materiality that transcends the frame. This combination highlights a stark contrast between the Japanese value of minimalism reflected in the imagery, and the bustling Egyptian society symbolised by the object. Someone Else’s Home references ordinary elements and scenes that, through the lens of the artist, transform into a fascinating intersection of light, geometry, ambiguity and reimagination.

 

Japanese artist Rui Yasue explores belonging and identity in Cairo through photographs transferred onto found objects from streets and homes

 

Someone Else's Belief

Rui Yasue transforms found objects from Egypt into photographic works exploring prayer, belonging, and the relationship

 

Someone Else's Prayer

Japanese artist Rui Yasue explores belonging and identity in Cairo through photographs transferred onto found objects from streets and homes

 

Someone Else's Bus

Rui Yasue explores property, identity, and belonging in Cairo through a photographic work incorporating a cement tile and local imagery.

 

Someone Else's Country

Japanese photographer Rui Yasue explores identity and perception through a portrait made in Cairo, questioning how we recognize other people

 

Someone Else's Face

Rui Yasue’s photographic artwork connects the moon, Japanese calligraphy, and found materials, exploring cultural memory and belonging.

 

Someone Else's Moon

Rui Yasue connects the Mediterranean and Pacific through photography, questioning borders, geographical names, and Japanese identity in Egyp

 

Someone Else's Sea

Japanese artist Rui Yasue explores belonging and identity in Cairo through photographs transferred onto found objects from streets and homes

 

Someone Else's Manga

Japanese artist Rui Yasue explores belonging and identity in Cairo through photographs transferred onto found objects from streets and homes

 

Someone Else's Wealth

Japanese artist Rui Yasue explores belonging and identity in Cairo through photographs transferred onto found objects from streets and homes

 

Someone Else's Mosque

Japanese artist Rui Yasue explores belonging and identity in Cairo through photographs transferred onto found objects from streets and homes

 

Someone Else's Room

Rui Yasue combines lunar photography, Japanese calligraphy, and found materials to explore cultural memory and belonging in Egypt.

 

Someone Else's Book

 

Artist Statement