Subbing The Subbing
2016 Made in Bangkok, Thailand
Work format: Video installation (Dimension variable)
Materials: 2 TVs
Introduction:
In Spain, there is a town inhabited by people with the surname Japón, which means Japan in Spanish.
400 years ago a group of Samurai traveled to Europe for some missions.
During their journey, Christianity was prohibited in Japan and some of the Samurais decided to remain to live in Spain to live as Christian. Those named Japón in the Spanish town today are regarded as possible descendants of the Samurai from history.
The work EL JAPONÉS aligns the artist himself as a “Japanese person who just came from Japan” and Mrs. Japón as a “descendant of historically the first migrant from Japan”.
The dialog itself looks like a simple praise of communication but the two juxtaposed "Japanese" people imply and ask different notions such as "nationality", "race" and "immigrant integration".
Special thanks: Mr. and Ms. Japóns whom I met in Coria del Rio
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2022 at Doubutsuen-mae Shopping street, Osaka, Japan / 动物园前商店街（大阪）/ 動物園前商店街（大阪）
Work format: Performance recorded with iphone screen recording / 苹果手机录屏 / iphone画面録画
Materials: tarpaulin / 防水布 / ターポリン(2000 x 3000 mm / 1750 x 1500 mm) , any monitor / 电视监视器 /モニター
Qenji Yoshida
よしだ毛んじ・ヨシダケンジ・吉田憲史
Artist / co-founder of TRA-TRAVEL
アーティスト・TRA-TRAVEL共同設立者
■ Artist:
Qenji Yoshida is an artist who explores the in-between of the seemingly un-understandable like: between people who don't have a common language, between a man and an animal, or between you and me.
Qenji Yoshidaは、共通の言語を持たない人々の間、人間と動物の間、あるいはあなたと私の間など、一見すると理解し合えない「間」をテーマにするアーティストです。
Qenji Yoshida co-founded TRA-TRAVEL/Osaka Art Hub with the mission of connecting Osaka and international art practitioners. TRA-TRAVEL organizes, hosts, and creates various local and international events such as exhibitions, talks, and artist-in-residency programs.
TRA-TRAVELは2019年に大阪を拠点に「国際的なアートネットワークを結ぶこと」をミッションにもつアートハブ／オーガナイザーション。拠点としてのスペースをもたず、大阪の様々な施設とコラボレーションし『展覧会の企画運営』、『レジデンス事業』、『トークイベント』など国内外で実施している。
https://tra-travel.art/