Adoka Niitsu

Niitsu’s practice explores the history of image production, visual communication, and new technologies. The title of this work #16071945 is the time and date of the first nuclear weapon detonation – conducted by the U.S. Army as part of the “Manhattan Project” – that marked the beginning of the atomic age. She experiments with lithography on limestone to create an electronic tablet with the iconic image of the bomb printed as the device’s background. Using a material that signifies durability to create an object representative of immediate communication, Niitsu questions technology’s longevity, our conception of time, and the ability of powerful images to change societal thinking.

Adoka Niitsu was born in 1975 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. She lives and works in Paris. She studied at the International Academy of Media Arts & Sciences and the Joshibi University of Art & Design, Japan. She has exhibited at Galerie Hors Champs (Paris), Pilot Gallery (Tokyo), and Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery (New York).