mise-school
みせ派
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Photo: Ken Kato
Photo, Text, Object, Single-channel video 33:17｜2015｜
「店」とはどういうものか、私なりに考えた。
機能としては何かを売る場所、売るために見せる場所であるが、それと同時に店主の価値観や習慣、センスなどが表れる場所でもある。家族経営や、自宅と一体型のお店の場合は、そこで子どもが宿題をやっていたり、夫婦で店番をしながら会話をしたり、完全なパブリックとは言い難い。常連が世間話をしながら長居するなんてこともある。
そんな「店」を象徴する彫刻を、さまざまな店主たちとつくった。それらを各店舗に設置し、その店主と店々を架空の芸術の流派、「みせ派」として美術館で紹介した。美術館で配布されるマップとテキストを元に各店舗をめぐる、回遊型の作品。
機能としては何かを売る場所、売るために見せる場所であるが、それと同時に店主の価値観や習慣、センスなどが表れる場所でもある。家族経営や、自宅と一体型のお店の場合は、そこで子どもが宿題をやっていたり、夫婦で店番をしながら会話をしたり、完全なパブリックとは言い難い。常連が世間話をしながら長居するなんてこともある。
そんな「店」を象徴する彫刻を、さまざまな店主たちとつくった。それらを各店舗に設置し、その店主と店々を架空の芸術の流派、「みせ派」として美術館で紹介した。美術館で配布されるマップとテキストを元に各店舗をめぐる、回遊型の作品。
What is "Mise" (store)?
I tried to think about it in my own way.
As a function, it is a place where something is sold or displayed for sale, but at the same time it is a place where the owner's values, habits, and style are expressed. When a store is run by a family or integrated into a home, it is not entirely public, as children may do their homework there, or a husband and wife may talk while working there. It also happens that regular customers stay longer and have small conversations.
In collaboration with various store owners, we created sculptures to symbolize such "stores". These sculptures were installed in each store and the store owners and their stores were presented as a fictitious art school, the "Mise-school". The work is a circular tour of each store: Visitors were given a map at the museum, and they're invited to visit each store using this map and texts.
I tried to think about it in my own way.
As a function, it is a place where something is sold or displayed for sale, but at the same time it is a place where the owner's values, habits, and style are expressed. When a store is run by a family or integrated into a home, it is not entirely public, as children may do their homework there, or a husband and wife may talk while working there. It also happens that regular customers stay longer and have small conversations.
In collaboration with various store owners, we created sculptures to symbolize such "stores". These sculptures were installed in each store and the store owners and their stores were presented as a fictitious art school, the "Mise-school". The work is a circular tour of each store: Visitors were given a map at the museum, and they're invited to visit each store using this map and texts.