Publications

*LitPop: Writing and Popular Culture, Rachel Carroll (author), Adam Hansen (author), Routledge, 2020 {commissioned artwork for front cover image of book – Noises, sounds and sweet airs}

Bringing together exciting new interdisciplinary work from emerging and established scholars in the UK and beyond, Litpop addresses the question: how has writing past and present been influenced by popular music, and vice versa?…Discussing a range of genres and periods of writing and popular music, this unique collection identifies, theorizes, and problematises connections between different forms of expression, making a vital contribution to popular musicology, and literary and cultural studies. (Source: Routledge) 

Routledge is the world’s leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences. (Source: Routledge)

Haiku is a collaborative project developed by Gavin Parry and David Penny (Anatomy Projects) and Naomi Kashiwagi. Portraits made with a Victorian audio camera and still life photographs of origami meditatively made during pre-shoot, aim to capture a performative ritual. The act of photographing becomes a meeting point, where rituals, non-verbal communication and mutual trust in the process come into play.

Haiku, Anatomy Projects (Gavin Parry & David Penny) and Naomi Kashiwagi. Artist Book (Edition of 17), 2018 (Launched at Manchester Contemporary Art Fair as part of Asia Triennial Manchester 2018)

Computer Music Journal, Volume 42, Issue 1, MIT Press (2018) {featured artist in article}

Published continuously since 1977, Computer Music Journal (CMJ) is a quarterly journal that covers a wide range of topics related to digital audio signal processing and electroacoustic music. It is published (in hard copy and on-line) by MIT Press. (Source: Computer Music Journal)

The MIT Press is a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. MIT Press books and journals are known for their intellectual daring, scholarly standards, and distinctive design. (Source: MIT Press)

The House of Viktor & Rolf, Caroline Evans and Susannah Frankel, Merrell Publishers Limited (2008) Designed by FUEL (included in Acknowledgement section – performance as part of The House of Viktor & Rolf exhibition, Barbican, London, 2008).

An informative and visually spectacular book about the fashion design duo, Viktor and Rolf.This sumptuously produced book is the most comprehensive exploration of Viktor & Rolf’s work to date, and includes an essay by the fashion historian Caroline Evans, an interview with the designers, a detailed biography and perceptive texts on each collection.
Featuring style shots by some of the world’s most celebrated photographers, catwalk images, behind-the-scenes snapshots and portraits, The House of Viktor & Rolf is a stunning tribute to two of the most original designers in haute couture. (Source: Merrell Publishing)

Drawing Now: Between the Lines of Contemporary Art, TRACEY, I.B.Tauris (2007) Naomi Kashiwagi was one of the selected artists.

An exhibition in book form (book preview), this showcase of the best of drawing now features one hundred works by almost fifty artists including Susan Hauptman, Paul Noble, Jeff Gabel, Tracey Emin, Jane Harris, Julia Fish, Cornelia Parker and Jerwood Drawing Prize winner Sarah Woodfine. Carefully ‘curated’ with many new drawings specifically commissioned for the volume, the book also includes an Introduction by the Editors which lays out the themes underpinning this diverse and exciting selection of work. With a revival of interest in drawing in recent years, “Drawing Now” is a timely collection of the work of artists intent on giving a contemporary twist to the most traditional of forms (Source: Bloomsbury)

Great art and culture for everyone sets out a 10-year vision for the Arts Council, with five ambitious goals at its heart. Originally published in 2010, this 2013 update reflects the Arts Council’s newly expanded remit for museums and libraries. 

We believe there is more we can do together to nurture and champion talented artists and cultural practitioners, and promote England as an international artistic and cultural centre. This updated publication reiterates our commitment to deepening the value and impact of the work we support.

Naomi’s response to “what can art do” was selected by Arts Council England to be included in their 10 year vision, Great Art for Everyone and also in their 10 year strategic framework Great Art and Culture for Everyone 2010 – 2020.’:

The arts have the potential to show that the everyday can be reinvented and that the ordinary is usually extraordinary and that the extraordinary can become part of, or intervene and wonderfully interrupt everyday life – Naomi Kashiwagi (2009)

Tillt Europe – Creative Clash is a European policy grouping of two intermediary organisations Tillt (Sweden) and c2+i (Spain), the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and the Brussels-based research and advisory company KEA. This grouping has been created in 2009 to promote cooperation and links between the arts and organisations (private and public). Tillt Europe – Creative Clash advocates interactions between the arts and organisations in the form of “artistic interventions’’, when artists, artefacts or practices from the world of arts enter organisations (businesses, public institutions, associations, NGO, etc.) in order to support or accompany changes, stimulate creativity and innovation, as well as to improve working conditions and skills development.

The arts have the potential to show that the everyday can be reinvented and that the ordinary is usually extraordinary and that the extraordinary can become part of, or intervene and wonderfully interrupt everyday life – Naomi Kashiwagi (2009)

Naomi’s quote was cited in the European publication, TILLTEUROPE: Creative Clash: Transforming Organisations with the Arts: Artistic Interventions to stimulate innovation, sustainability and inclusivity (2011)