grassroots prophet
Variable size
2018
(Exhibition at LOKO GALLERY)
サイズ可変
2018年
(LOKO GALLERYでの展示)
逆因果、過去が現在や未来に影響を及ぼすのではなく未来が過去に影響しているとしたら、私たち一人ひとりの存在はどのように過去に影響しているのだろうか。
本プロジェクトでは、台湾でのレジデンスをきっかけに知り合った、日本統治時代の台湾で生まれた“湾生”であり、「逆さ歌おばあちゃん」としても知られる中田芳子さんのインタビューと逆さ歌セッションを取り入れた映像作品を中心に、中田氏のインタビューと関連する筆画に解体された教育勅語、サイコロが集まりドナルド・トランプの肖像画になる映像作品などを用いて、2層吹き抜けのギャラリー空間を利用したインスタレーションを展開した。
The title of this exhibition, "grassroots prophet" (nameless prophet) came from the idea that he thought of about “a reverse causal relationship”, that is, the past has no influence on the present or the future, and if the future is affecting the past, how ordinary people like us influence the past?A Chinese literary scholar, Shizuka Shirakawa argues in his book "Kanji(Chinese characters)" , “Kanji encloses a memory of the era of words far away before characters were born”. While Kanji and characters conceal such magical elements, and also it can be said that it is a tool that penetrate into everyday life or that is a symbol without consciousness. Shimizu handles characters as a material of creation because he thinks that "unconsciousness" or "atmosphere" that is lurking behind ordinary space from ancient times could be visualized.
In this exhibition, he mainly considers the interviews with “Wansei”(Japanese who was born in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era) whom the artist met during in the artist residency in Taiwan. He will also show a session with a Wansei, Ms.Yoko Nakada, known as "Reverse singing grandma" and the video work using massive dices in the installation using the multi-layered structure of the gallery space.
Related URL：http://lokogallery.com/portfolio_page/ryoshimizu/
Documentation(video)：https://vimeo.com/290230689