Owner of a provocative and dramatic vision of current society and a sometimes ruthless humor, the work of Meiro Koizumi (Maebashi, Japan, 1976) in the field of video art is a meditation on the human condition, eroticism and social customs , an assessment of the vulnerability of man that explores the individual side of being and the psychology of urban relationships and modern life. Deftly straddling the uncomfortable and nebulous line between cruelty and comedy, the scope of his work spans from absurdist takes on national humiliation and post-war guilt and a fascination with the dynamics of melodrama to darker psychosexual explorations of himself. Reuben Keehans insightful text details Koizumis background and creative evolution, and a conversation with Sarah Suzuki furthers our grasp.