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[title]In celebration of its fifth year anniversary, Central Embassy has collaborated with Japanese galleries, Nanzuka and EchoOne Nanzuka, and tapped world-renowned artists, Hajime Sorayama and AMKK, to create a one-of-a-kind space-inspired exhibition. Called Sorayama Space Park by AMKK, the attraction highlights a life-sized aluminum cyborg of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
We sat down for a quick chat with these Japanese artists about their creations, and these are what we learned.
The T-Rex is a kid’s dream made real.
Hajime Sorayama, the godfather of hyperrealistic illustrations and sculptures, has always been a fan of dinosaurs. He’s been drawing robot versions of dinosaurs since the ’80s, and fell in love with the Tyrannosaurus rex when he saw the film Jurassic Park.
Sorayama
Sexy is his state of mind.
Sorayama has a fascination for sexy things, hence the sexy and realistic fembots, or Sexy Robots, that have become his signature. He likes putting softness and life into glistening metal and machinery. “It’s like making a Ferrari. It’s sexy, not like a truck or a bulldozer.”
This T-Rex cyborg is making its first appearance in Bangkok.
This gigantic 11-meter-long, 3.74-meter-tall T-Rex cyborg is the biggest he’s ever done, and likely the most realistic (except for the fact that it’s a metallic silver). He tends to make the T-Rex looks "more alive," unlike most of his previous figurines. “The T-Rex is running. It’s something I’ve never done before.” This creation actually premiered in Bangkok and will tour the world after its debut in Central Embassy.
It’s all about co-creation.
AMKK’s three-dimensional landscapes were created to complement and emphasize the hyperrealism of Sorayama’s sculptures. A moon-inspired scene was created for the largest T-Rex cyborg, while local botanical elements were used to create five landscapes—jungle, desert, glacier, moss, and lake —for five smaller T-Rex sculptures.
Sorayama Space Park by AMKK is on display on the ground floor of Central Embassy until Nov 17.