2019/7/4 - 7/9
Two-person exhibition with photographer Hayate Ito at Alt Medium.
Alt Mediumにて写真家・伊藤颯との二人展
Exhibition Overview
The notion of the individual appears concrete and autonomous at first glance.
The illusion that “I possess experiences and time that belong only to me, never intersecting with yours” has, at some point, drawn a sharp line between you and me.
The illusion that “I possess experiences and time that belong only to me, never intersecting with yours” has, at some point, drawn a sharp line between you and me.
This exhibition is an attempt to liberate the individual through the methodology of performance.
For this project, two long-time friends—who have always felt a closeness in sensibility, style, and way of thinking despite differences in gender and personality—collaborated to create new works.
For this project, two long-time friends—who have always felt a closeness in sensibility, style, and way of thinking despite differences in gender and personality—collaborated to create new works.
It just so happens that I was the one who carried this particular life.
And it just so happens that you were the one who carried yours.
And it just so happens that you were the one who carried yours.
From this perspective, when we look out at society, we find that people are, in some ways, vastly different, yet in other ways, strikingly similar.
To falsify one’s experiences or impersonate another’s existence—to temporarily become someone else—has become increasingly difficult in today’s world.
Acts of empathizing with or speaking on behalf of others without responsibility are often met with criticism.
To falsify one’s experiences or impersonate another’s existence—to temporarily become someone else—has become increasingly difficult in today’s world.
Acts of empathizing with or speaking on behalf of others without responsibility are often met with criticism.
How impoverished it feels to be only oneself.
The boundary between me and you who are not me is far more ambiguous than we think—and at times, it may even disappear altogether.
The boundary between me and you who are not me is far more ambiguous than we think—and at times, it may even disappear altogether.
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展覧会概要
「個人」という存在は一見具体的で自律的に見える。そして「私は私だけの経験や時間を持っていて、他者のそれとは交わらない」という錯覚はいつしか、私とあなたに明確に線を引いた。
本展覧会は、演技の手法を用いて個人を解放する試みである。今回、互いをよく知る古くからの友人同士で共同制作を行った。互いに、性別や性格こそ違うが、服の趣味や考え方・感性が近いといつも感じてきた。
この人生を背負ったのがたまたま自分であった。
その人生を背負ったのがたまたまあなたであった。
そういった視点から社会を見渡すと、人々はある点ではかけ離れ、しかしある部分では酷似している。
経験を偽装し、存在を偽装する。対外的に別の人間に成り代わる時間を持つことの難易度は、今の社会においてはとても高くなっている。他者が他者へ無責任に共感して代弁するような行為への非難は相次いでいる。
私が私でしかないことの何と貧しいことか。私と私でないあなたとの境界は、私たちが思うよりももっと曖昧で、ある時は消えて無くなってしまいうる。
Installation View
