21 Mar - 7 Jun, 2015
Arts Maebashi | Gunma, Japan
Death Poem for a City
2 channel HD video installation
21min45sec
2013
I created a situation where I can interview an anonymous person of whom I would never know the identity, so that I can ask any question as I want. I interviewed six individuals who replied to my call on my facebook. In front of the video camera, I asked them to speak out their inner most thoughts that they would never say in public.
Then I dubbed their voices with the all sorts of voices that try to communicate with you on the streets of Tokyo, such as public announcements on the train, shouting of people who try to sell products, automatic voice message of ATM’s, adverts on the big display screen, and so on.
The images are projected onto the hanging screen, back to back. The image of the interview is projected onto the front side of the screen, and the images of the city is projected onto the back of the screen.
SNSで匿名の参加者を6人募り、絶対に誰だか分からない状況を作り、どんな質問でも聞ける状況を作った。その状況下で、普段絶対に言語化しないような欲望や記憶をあえて言語化してもらった試み。さらに彼/彼女らの声を東京の街中の音に差し替えることによって匿名性を担保させる。この街に生きている人間の真の形を探る。
CONFESSIONS
28 Oct - 27 Nov, 2016
Kyoto Art Center | Kyoto, Japan
1 Jun - 20 Oct, 2013
The Japan Foundation | Venice, Italy
photo: Keizo Kioku, photo courtes: Japan Foundation)