Kaede
‘How I deal with failure? Badly! That's okay. It just means that it didn't work this time, but we'll do it again in a different way. As much as I hate failure, I know it's the most important part. So, just gotta keep failing!’ (laughing).
Kaede James Takamoto explores their mindfully optimistic view of the future and where they believe we can find a way forward; slowing down, and failing, a lot.
Through her understanding of the world with an introspective lens, James Takamoto focuses on what we as individuals can bring to the multifaceted conversation and how we can change our thinking which in turn will create possibilities. Our path forward requires connection, the absolute depths of our compassion, active listening and trying, falling over and getting up again.
Kaede James Takamoto (b. 1995) is a Queer Japanese-Australian photographer based in Naarm (Melbourne) and is the daughter of two sculptors. As a child, Kaede was surrounded by art which has heavily impacted her way of seeing and making.
James Takamoto’s practice utilises a process driven experimental approach with a focus on belonging, history, and place. Influenced by her own identity her research and image-making are focused on the Asian diaspora, community and intersectionalities within her own lived experiences.