TAB Event - To the Human Future - Flight from the Dark Side

To the Human Future - Flight from the Dark Side

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At Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito
Media: Graphics, Photography, Sculpture, Video installation

Not only have America's unilateralism and hegemony influenced the world in a visible manner, but they have also eroded the hearts of contemporary people worldwide, greatly affecting their values. Through the judgment standards of economic globalism, emphasis has been placed on how a small section of the world's population can accrue profit. Under such standards, little consideration is given to values apart from that of efficiency: to wit, human sincerity, reason, and human rights. However, such a situation also results from the control of information - something that was readily apparent domestically in the United States after the Iraq invasion, but certainly not limited to that.
While we always strive for peace, we also experience the difficulty of not being able to maintain an open heart toward coexistence with "others." In the midst of mounting anxiety about the direction of humankind, each of us is asked to view the diverse world and develop the power of judgment that will allow us to cull the true facts from the whirlpool of information, and to develop a spirit of generosity that will allow us to accept people of different stripes.
ATM's current exhibition explores the following theme: how can humans, who tend to fall easily into the "dark side" during our time of confusion, awaken to an understanding of "others" and a self-awareness of human dignity? This exhibition brings together press photos and images with carvings, sculptures, poetry and moral maxims, attempting to elicit our empathy.

Schedule

From 2006-02-25 To 2006-05-07

Artist(s)

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Anthony Gormley, Isao Hashimoto, Yoko Ono et al.

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Reviews

osm_it: (2006-05-07 at 12:05)

ダークサイド。つまり陰の部分だ。人類の歴史や現在において存在する陰の部分。戦争の悲惨さや構造的貧困、労働の搾取など多くは日が当たらず沢山の人の目に触れることはない。

しかしほとんどの人が、例えば愚かな戦争には「反対」にも関わらず、自分達の意思決定によってそれを食い止めるということが可能だということに気がついていない。事実を見るのは時に非常に難しい。放任された自由が支配しているのは、戦争やとにかく利益を追求する経済大国的な思想。資本を投下し利益を所有することを追い求め、やさしさや勇敢さ、素直さといった人間性に存在価値のない世界。それに気づかせようと多くのアーティスト達の作品が集められている。

人間は悪や陰の部分を必ず持ち合わせている。それらとうまく付き合っていかなければならない。他者への理解という共通の善なる部分に自覚的になれるかということが、この世界を変えていくための最大のハードルなのかもしれない。それに自分は安全でいたいと思うのは当然だが、それは他人も同じなのだ。結局「汝殺すなかれ。」に行き着いてしまうのだろうか。

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