FILTERING LIGHT / 光を漉すこと
Interactive light installation / archive pictures from Mr. Michihiro Ota / slide projector bamboo, handmade Japanese Mino washi paper by Toyomi Suzuki, tatami mats / dimension variable / 2016 / 光の参加型インスタレーション 記録写真提供·大田道洋 スライド映写機、竹、美濃和紙(作·鈴木豊美)､畳 サイズ可変 / 2016年制作
The light installation is a
part of the KEEPING SHADOWS project, made during the Akiyoshidai International Art
Village - Artist in Residence Support Program 2016 in Yamaguchi Prefecture,
Japan.
The installation Filtering Light, based on the pinhole phenomenon. In Japan this phenomenon appeared naturally because of the fusuma* doors, and the paper panelled shoji **walls. So the traditional Japanese architecture is actually a camera itself [Fig.1.]. To play with this idea, I projected archive images - from the collection of Mr. Michihiro Ota - focused into the air of the exhibition space. To see them, visitors need to use the bamboo-shoji cameras. Watching throw the hole, the paper soften the light, and trying to create the atmosphere of the past.
The installation Filtering Light, based on the pinhole phenomenon. In Japan this phenomenon appeared naturally because of the fusuma* doors, and the paper panelled shoji **walls. So the traditional Japanese architecture is actually a camera itself [Fig.1.]. To play with this idea, I projected archive images - from the collection of Mr. Michihiro Ota - focused into the air of the exhibition space. To see them, visitors need to use the bamboo-shoji cameras. Watching throw the hole, the paper soften the light, and trying to create the atmosphere of the past.
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[Fig.1.] Hokusai Katsushika (1760 - 1849): “Saiana no Fuji (Mt. Fuji projected through a knothole)” in the illustrated
book titled “Fugaku-Hyakkei (100 Scenes of Mt. Fuji” woodprint (1834) / 葛飾北斎（1760 –1849): 「さい穴の不二」雨戸の節穴から障子に映し出された富士山の倒立像、「富嶽百景」(1834年)より
* In Japanese architecture, fusuma are vertical rectangular panels which can slide from side to side to redefine spaces within a room, or act as doors.
** In traditional Japanese architecture, a shōji is a door, window or room divider consisting of translucent paper over a frame of wood which holds together a lattice of wood or bamboo.
***Special thanks to Mr. Michihiro Ota for the archive slides. / スライド写真をご提供頂いた㈲むつみ写真工房山口 代表取締役 大田道洋様に感謝申し上げます。
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| photo: Michihiro Ota |
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| photo: Michihiro Ota |
KEEPING SHADOWS project / 影を保つこと
Akiyoshidai International Art Village - Artist in Residence Support Program 2016 / 秋吉台国際芸術村 – trans_2015-2016
My project during the Artist in Residency Program at AIAV focuses on shadows. In my work 'shadow’ symbolises the past, memory, tradition, and the culture itself. The inspiration of my research is Junichiro Tanizaki’s essay: In Praise of Shadows (1933) * which introduces the important of shadow in Japanese culture. Tanizaki explains how bright light vanishes the small, but significant details of tradition, and how the atmosphere therefore changes. The soft natural light of the shoji paper lamp for example, replaced by the strong electric light, and even the moon-viewing is disturbed by the light pollution. Several installations connected together in the exhibition space with this topic.
滞在中のプロジェクトは影に焦点をあてた。私の作品の中で「影」は、過去、記憶、伝統、また文化そのものを描写する。谷崎潤一郎「陰翳礼讃(1933)」に影響を受けている。谷崎は、日本の文化の中で、影がどれほど重要かということを言及している。また、小さな、しかしながらとても重要な伝統の一部が明るい光によって消され、その結果、いかに空間や雰囲気が変えられてしまうかということについても説明している。例えば、障子の柔らかいランプの光が、強い蛍光灯に変えられてしまったとき、お月見は光の妨害によって楽しめないものになるといえる。展覧会場では、このトピックにまつわるインスタレーションが展示された。
* Junichiro Tanizaki: In Praise of Shadows (1933) English translation by Leete’s Island Books, Inc. (1977) ISBN 0-918172-02
The report book
of "trans_2015-2016" has been published! レジデンス・サポート“trans_2015-2016”の報告書が完成しました！
ご所望の方はどうぞ芸術村にてお声がけください。
Read it online.:
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Read it online.:
AIAV trans_2015-2016 interview video
The Features of This Land - “trans_2015-2016″
(group exhibition)
(group exhibition)
AIAV - Akiyoshidai International
Art Village - Artist in Residence Support Program
ドナルド・アバド Donald Abad (France)
タマシュ・スベット Tamás Szvet (Hungary)
山田哲平 Teppei Yamada (Japan)
クエンリン・サイ Kuenlin Tsai (Taiwan)
マリ・マキオ Mari Makio (Finland)
インセイン・パク Insane Park (Korea)
タマシュ・スベット Tamás Szvet (Hungary)
山田哲平 Teppei Yamada (Japan)
クエンリン・サイ Kuenlin Tsai (Taiwan)
マリ・マキオ Mari Makio (Finland)
インセイン・パク Insane Park (Korea)
Opening 27th Feb.
18:30h
Date: 28th Feb.(Sun) – 7th
Mar.(Mon) 10:00 – 17:00 (Admission free)
アーティストそれぞれの視点で「この土地の魅力」をテーマに創作した作品を発表します。
期間：2月28日(日)～3月7日(月) 10：00～17:00