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The title of the exhibition is a reference to Tracey Emin’s homonymous work from 1998, a work that Kawai first experienced while studying art in London. In the video Riding for a Fall, Tracey Emin is seen wearing a cowboy hat and riding a horse in circles in a sandy beach. Endlessly and without purpose the set-up renders an all too rehearsed poise. The film imprinted on the young student as an exercise in narcissism. Something now familiar to all when contemplating streams of Instagram, Tik Tok and other social media outlets.

For Kazuhito Kawai, his self-portrait works are equally staged yet …