Unshaping by Rie Nakajima

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"Artist Rie Nakajima is known for arranging small devices in an installation-like manner, presenting the movement of each device as a "performance." This "performance" may be an attempt to highlight the interaction between humans and devices, as well as the states of response between devices and the space they inhabit, by minimizing human intervention.

This piece is a recording of Nakajima's performance in the courtyard of a castle, where she was invited to perform at a festival in France in 2016. As Nakajima activates the devices while moving freely throughout the space, the organic sharing of the space is evidenced by the audience's breathing, the rustling of trees in the wind, and other elements present, all interacting to give rise to this work.

アーティストの中島吏英は、小さなデバイスをインスタレーション的に配置し、それぞれのデバイスが自由に動く様を「演奏」として提示することで知られるアーティストです。その「演奏」は、人間の行為を最小限にとどめることで、人とデバイスの応答の様や、デバイスとそれが動く空間の状態を際立たせる試みであるのかもしれません。

今回の作品は中島が2016年に招聘を受けたフランスのフェスティバルで、会場となった城の中庭での演奏を録音したものです。中島が空間を縦横無人に動きながらデバイスを稼働させていく中、観客の息遣いや、吹きつける風にゆれる木々など、その場に存在したものが有機的に空間を共有し、相互作用することでこの作品が生まれたといえます。"

Rie Nakajima is a UK based Japanese artist, musician. She creates installation, sculpture, music through her self-made kinetics devices and objects. She collaborate with Pierre Berthet (Dead Plants and Living Objects), Keiko Yamamoto (O YAMA O), Akira Sakata, David Toop, David Cunningham and many others.
www.rienakajima.com

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