Video work 2022
Video on a digital screen Feb,2022
Running time 05:34
The video repeats the word `consist` in English and Japanese, and silhouettes drawn with chalk show how individual emotions and values can be fixed within daily life. In her novels, Jane Austen uses “romance” as a form to explore human relationships, thought to reveal complex uncontrollable distortions. My work reflects upon her novel Pride and Prejudice, referencing the historical background, the standing and the gender of the characters.[statement/2022]
Through this project, I think about potential bias by analysing and dismantling the social attributes of you, myself and people. External factors, such as the reputation of others and the stereotypes of expressions. It can unknowingly create an identity. Incidents A situation like CCTV is a metaphor for a secret, a neglected process in which problems are discovered over time in the film. And this drawing and people silhouette image of the film that like a stratum or an annual ring.It means accumulated information for a long time.
This work uses English and Japanese voices and letters. It uses the line between the two languages/cultures/ideas to represent the compare contrast. This gives a clear categorical structural outline. In order to express this concept, I use myself to copy the state of "individual formation" to the roads (Japan and England).
The starting point for this idea is a pretty personal shock, as I use my silhouette in this piece as well. I didn't notice it as a majority of Japan. But when I was in England and other cultures, I clearly realized that my attribute was a minority.
For example, the increasing number of discriminatory cases under the covid pandemic and the issue of women's rights and LGBTQ rights would be a major issue in the United Kingdom but there are being still ignored in Japan. Also, The audio used in the work is cut-out audio of news reported in English-speaking countries and Japan.
Link:HP
https://janeaustens.house/subtext-courtyard-gallery-bakehouse/