八幡亜樹 ／ YAHATA AKI
展覧会概要
《ミチコ教会》は、山に建つ簡素な小屋で、それを「教会」として営む老女を捉えた約30分の映像と写真による作品です。小屋を建て、共に生活してきた夫に先立たれ、山を下りるかどうか葛藤しながら生きる様を描き出します。作者はフィクションかドキュメンタリーかは明らかにはしていませんが、社会や宗教の周縁で生きる人の純粋さを捉えています。金沢21世紀美術館に近い、広坂商店街の空きビルで、ドキュメントとして展示。社会の周縁への視線を喚起し、公共空間とは何かを問う作品です。[鷲田めるろ]
This 30-minute movie shows how an old woman keeps a church in a cabin in the mountains. She built this hut with her late husband, and after he died, she was torn between deciding whether to stay or leave the mountain. The artist does not disclose whether this is f ictional or documentary, but the film shows genuine personalities living in the periphery of society and religion. It will be displayed with photographs in a vacant building in the Hirosaka shopping area near 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. The work will evoke a response to pay attention to the society on the fringe and raise a question of what public space is.
This 30-minute movie shows how an old woman keeps a church in a cabin in the mountains. She built this hut with her late husband, and after he died, she was torn between deciding whether to stay or leave the mountain. The artist does not disclose whether this is f ictional or documentary, but the film shows genuine personalities living in the periphery of society and religion. It will be displayed with photographs in a vacant building in the Hirosaka shopping area near 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. The work will evoke a response to pay attention to the society on the fringe and raise a question of what public space is.
プロフィール
1985年、東京都生まれ。現在、東京藝術大学大学院美術研究科修士課程在籍中の若手映像作家。河原に住むピエロを捉えた作品など、現実と虚構を超えた日常、またそこにあるもの/人の存在について考えながら、ドキュメントスタイルで作品を展開。
Born in Tokyo in 1985. She is a young video artist studying for a master’s degree at School of Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Her video works are of documentary type, such as a work dealing with a clown who lives along a dry riverbed. She observes the daily time-axis that goes beyond reality and fabrication as well as things and people who exist there.
Born in Tokyo in 1985. She is a young video artist studying for a master’s degree at School of Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Her video works are of documentary type, such as a work dealing with a clown who lives along a dry riverbed. She observes the daily time-axis that goes beyond reality and fabrication as well as things and people who exist there.