Chim-Pom
Chim-Pom (stylized "Chim↑Pom") is an artist collective formed in Tokyo in 2005, when all the members were in their twenties. The six members are , , , , and . The group is somewhat influenced by Makoto Aida, as three of the members had been apprentices and Ellie had modeled for him. The collective has been described as "neo-Dadaist" and "the enfant terrible of Japan’s art world". Many of their projects have tackled provocative social themes. History. Chim-Pom first gained attention in 2006 with a project titled , an installation of taxidermied rats captured from Shibuya district, which were painted  to resemble Pikachu, the naming a riff on Takashi Murakami's "Superflat" reading of Japanese aesthetics. Don't Follow the Wind is long term exhibition started in 2012.It takes place inside the inaccessible radioactive Fukushima exclusion zone formed after the nuclear disaster. Initiated by Chim↑Pom and co-developed with the curators Kenji Kubota, Eva & Franco Mattes, and Jason Waite. They collaborated with displaced local residents and includes 12 artists developing new work inside the zone: Ai Weiwei, Aiko Miyanaga, Chim↑Pom, Grand Guignol Mirai, Nikolaus Hirsch and Jorge Otero-Pailos, Kota Takeuchi, Eva & Franco Mattes, Meiro Koizumi, Nobuaki Takekawa, Ahmet Ögüt , Trevor Paglen, and Taryn Simon. Public collections. Mori Art Museum (JAPAN) Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (JAPAN) The Japan Foundation (JAPAN) 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (JAPAN) Asia Society Museum, New York (U.S.A.) Queensland Art Gallery (AUSTRALIA) Publications. "SUPER RAT" (Parco Publishing, 2012) "idea ink 03 – Geijutsu Jikkohan" (written by Chim↑Pom, Asahi Publishing, 2012) "Chim↑Pom" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2010) "Why we can’t make the sky of Hiroshima 'PIKA!’?” (co-edited by Chim↑Pom and Abe Kenichi, MUJIN-TO Production, 2009)