PURCHASE AN AVAILABLE GYOTAKU
The production of gyotaku the artist has produced over the years is remarkable and digitizing everything while keeping the site always updated is not easy. A studio visit would always be the best choice; if this is not possible, we recommend contacting the artist for the availability of the works.
REQUEST A CUSTOM ORIGINAL GYOTAKU
The artist often works on commission, especially regarding the schools of anchovy and the compositions.
The ANCHOVIES price list is available upon request. This is a good way to get inspirational minding also your ideal budget.
Anchovies, due to their ductile nature and limited size, are well suited for custom works of all kinds and sizes.
To design a custom-made work you can start from an idea or a sensation.
With the help of the artist, the idea takes shape step by step, and the project is produced tailor-made to the customer like a tailored suit. The needs may be due to space limits, budget or linked to particular sensations that you want to have imprinted on the paper.
Do not hesitate to contact the artist for info and timing.
GRANTS OF RIGHTS FOR USE OF IMAGES PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE ARTIST
Elena Di Capita has collaborated with various entities (Hurst Publishers, Altri Voci Edizione, Delicius Rizzoli S.p.a, Drink.it, Coda, Festival della Scienza di Genova and others) in the context of the transfer of the rights to images owned by her.
For collaborations do not hesitate to contact the artist.
BUY A HAND STAMPED AND SIGNED REPRODUCTION
Numbered copies of gyotaku are available, usually with a circulation of no more than 50 copies. The reproductions are made from high quality scans and printed on 80 g Japanese paper with UV printers that create copies guaranteed for 10 years with direct sunlight. You can also personalize copies by inserting original elements within the composition. For example, you can insert an original colored and opposite anchovy inside a copy of a school of anchovy. In this way you will have a work that is halfway between a copy and an original: a unicum that will not need a progressive printing number because, in effect, it is an original.
PERFORMANCE
The artist is available to do live gyotaku performances, in which the philosophy, history and different schools of thought are explained as well as, of course, a practical demonstration of the technique. Prices depend on the type and location of the performance. The LINEA BATIMETRICA project is the meeting between the artist Elena Di Capita, the Swiss double bass player Mitch Gerber and the aerial dancer Matilde Di Capita: it is a gyotaku performance that combines the print of fish with the print of human being melted together by Gerber's dreamlike and meditative music. The atmosphere created is absolutely suggestive and meditative.
Elena Di Capita