Fossil of Thought 2022
"Fossil of Thought 2022”
The work is based on a fossilised layering of past thoughts visualised in text and photographs, such as text print media.
Created during an online residency exchange at the Tainan gallery Absolute Space for the Art from October to December 2022. All print media were magazines and newspapers sent from Tainan. The stacks of pages were hardened with resin and scraped into stone shapes.
Some of the Taiwanese literary magazines and newspapers featured articles on the period during the Japanese occupation. While we are grateful for the peaceful relationship between our countries, we have a duty to pass on the memories of the past to the next generation with an objective eye. Nowadays, the sense of communication between the people of Japan and Taiwan is close, and we were able to complete the exhibition through sincere and enthusiastic exchanges with each other.
Material: printed matter from Tainan, resin.
Size: each approx. 340x300x30㎜
思考の化石プロジェクト
文字印刷媒体など、過去の思考が文字や写真で視覚化されたものの積層を化石に見立てて作品化したもの。
2022年10月から12月までの期間、台南のギャラリー、Absolute Space for the Artでのオンラインレジデンス交流において制作。印刷媒体は全て台南から送っていただいた雑誌、新聞など。ページの積み重ねをレジンで固め、削って石の形にした。
台湾の文芸雑誌や新聞には、日本の統治下の時代の頃の様子を取り上げた記事もあった。私達は国と国が平和な関係にあることに感謝しつつも、次の世代に過去の記憶を客観的な眼差しをもって引き継いでいく義務がある。いま、日本と台湾の人とのコミュニケーション感覚は近く、お互い真摯に熱心に交流し、展覧会を完了することが出来た。
素材:台南の印刷物、樹脂
サイズ:各約340x300x30㎜