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
Where "I" is
2012 Transnational / curatorial exhibition (Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand)
Work format: Video installation (Dimension variable)
Materials: Internet, Two screens or monitors accommodated in different places respectively
Participating places: Tasuno-hiranomachi Gallery in Osaka, Japan
Film bar Wa in Seoul, South Korea
Ulich Lau's studio in Singapore
SHOUT ABOUT ART in Bangkok, Thailand
Introduction:
This work is about a notion of "place".
Internet:
Lately, mainly two places are often discussed. One is definitely the digitalized place by the name of the “Internet”. The Internet is the place where you can instantly be connected with the transnational platform. Where you can communicate with someone, even in a hostile country. The Internet is often spoken of in connection with Globalization and is surely the leading figure of it.
Locals:
Another place would be “local” places. Those local places have their own contexts and structures of societies, cultures and weathers.
Connecting the local places with internet live streaming:
- over parallel exoticism
By using an internet live streaming service, I connected two different places that have different contexts in different countries, into one art piece as per the structure shown on figure 1 and 2 below.