Exhibition design for [Let's Meet In Nakazonocho]

Unfold the circumstances

Sep.2024

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Exhibition design for [Let's Meet In Nakazonocho]

- Unfold the circumstances

The exihibition design for the "Meet the Artist 2022: Creating Space as a Medium, 'Let's Meet in Nakazono Town'" Outcome Report Exhibition conducted by Yamaguchi Information Arts Center [YCAM] since 2022. This project leverages the spatial and temporal surplus created by the "slow dismantling" of vacant houses in Yamaguchi City to temporarily establish cultural facilities. In the outcome report exhibition, in addition to previously recorded videos and new daily items such as chopsticks and tea bowls created by citizens from recycled materials, the "labor" of the dismantling site, including tasks like removing nails and cutting materials, was intended to continue within YCAM’s exhibition hall as is.
On the exhibition floor, the layout of the house that was the dismantling site was recreated using blue tarps. Additionally, instead of preparing architectural mechanisms to fix fixtures, a performance was held where a person would carry the fixtures and stand them in their designated positions every thirty minutes. The exhibition was designed with the core idea that it is not a static display but dynamically changes through human labor, emphasizing that humans actively compose the space.
Through the momentary appearance and disappearance of a living room that once existed, the aim was to demonstrate that architecture and space continue to live through their interactions with humans.

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「中園町で逢いましょう」会場デザイン

- 状況を展開する

山口情報芸術センター[YCAM]が2022年より行ってきた「meet the artist 2022: メディアとしての空間をつくる『中園町で逢いましょう』」の成果報告展の空間デザイン。山口市内の空き家を《ゆっくり解体》することで生まれる空間的・時間的余剰を活用し、一時的に文化施設を創出するプロジェクト。その成果報告展では、それまでの記録映像や、廃材から市民の手によって作り出された箸や茶わんなどの新たな日用品を展示するほか、材の釘抜や切断など解体現場の「労働」をそのままYCAMの展示室内でも継続させることが企図された。
会場の床面には解体現場であった家の間取りをブルーシートで再現し、また、建具などを固定するための建築的な仕組みは用意せず、30分に一回、人間が建具を運び所定の位置に立てて支えるパフォーマンスをおこなう。展示自体が静的なものではなく、人間の労働によって動的に変化すること、人間が主体的に空間を構成することを展示デザインの考え方の核に据えた。
かつて存在した居間が一瞬のうちに現れ、再び消える様子を通じて、建築や空間が人間との関わりによって生き続けることを示すことを目的とした。

Credit
Project Director Tomoya WATANABE (YCAM)
Exhibition Design SUNAKITaichi SUNAYAMA + Issei KOUDA
Exhibition Information
Exhibition Period September 13, 2024 (Fri) – October 6, 2024 (Sun)
Opening Hours 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Closed Days Every Tuesday (If Tuesday is a holiday, the following day)
Venue Yamaguchi Center For Arts and Media [YCAM]
Website Let's Meet in Nakazono-cho
Credits Organized by: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
Supported by: Yamaguchi City Board of Education
Sponsored by: Chutoku Holdings Co., Ltd., Kaneko Giken Co., Ltd., FabLab Yamaguchi, Ourselves Co., Ltd.
Subsidized by: 2024 Agency for Cultural Affairs, Cultural Arts Creation Hub Formation Project
Technical Collaboration: YCAM InterLab
Planning and Production: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]