“High Heel Project” Special Edition Artworks

Mari Katayama’s “High Heel Project”: Special Edition Artworks Now Available For Pre-Order.

The “High Heel Project” by artist Mari Katayama has entered its second phase. She is joined by Italian Shoe brand Sergio Rossi who will create high-heeled shoes for Mari’s prostheses, and by VOGUE CHANGE as media partners.

Mari Katayama Studio has decided to sell a special edition of artworks exclusive to the “High Heel Project”. One of the project’s goals is to provide a new perspective to the young people who will lead our societies in the future, and after the completion of the high heels Katayama will visit educational institutions around Japan to give lectures on diversity. The proceeds from the special edition’s sales will be used to fund the project’s administrative costs and other activities.

just one of those things #002 – High Heel Project 2022 special edition, 2022 ©Mari Katayama

Title just one of those things #002 – High Heel Project 2022 special edition
Medium C-print, original frame
Date 2021
Edition [Photograph] open [Frame] unique
Dimensions H 600 x W 800 mm (image size)
Price 1,200,000 JPY (excluding tax)
Pre-order starts from July 4, 2022

Note This is a made-to-order work and will take approximately 2 months before delivery.
For pre-orders, please contact Naka at Mari Katayama Studio studio@marikatayama.com.

This special edition artwork, titled “just one of those things #002,” is from a new series of work made at the relaunch of the High Heel Project. When Katayama first touched Sergio Rossi’s high heels, they reminded her of the silver slippers from The Wizard of Oz that can transport Dorothy anywhere in the world by clicking her heels together three times. Katayama created this work by layering a variety of cut-outs of legs and high heels on top of her self-portrait, hopeful that she might walk wherever she wishes with the legs and high heels she selected, and to meet “new legs” she has not yet encountered. Each work comes with an original frame Katayama created to serve as a bridge between the photograph and the “here and now” in which we exist. Katayama’s practice has always involved handiwork, and for the special edition, the artist will decorate each frame with iconic materials of her artworks such as seashells, Swarovski crystals and pearls to create unique frames.