Momoyo Torimitsu's installation Danchizuma-Endless Sunrise, operates as both portraiture and diorama. It is an artificial macro view of a Japanese "bed-town" (suburban sprawl) combined with candid photographs of its inhabitants.

The artist examines the rise of uniform urbanism in Japan and its promise of harmony and production through the well-orchestrated lives of the shufu (danchizuma). Loosely translated, danchizuma means housewife, but in actuality there is no English equivalent for this particular societal role.

She is a married woman whose place in society is both revered and ignored. We follow these brand-conscious yet nameless heroines through various scenarios in which life is a carefully choreographed journey through artificial gardens with palm trees, karaoke amusements, tennis circles and quasi-theme parks.

The diorama is an architectural model of an actual bed-town that exists in the shadow of Tokyo. Encased in a plastic bubble, each of its tiny lights represents a location where the photographs on the adjacent walls were taken. These lights invert the macro view from above and turn the gaze back to detail the inhabitation.

Momoyo Torimitsu is a graduate of Tama Art University and participated in the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center International Studio Program in New York. Since her exhibition at Momenta, Torimitsu's work has been exhibited at :Jack Tilton Gallery, NYC, the Tate Gallery, London. and in a solo exhibition at Deitch Projects, NYC.