Chim↑Pom Opening at Yamamoto Gendai

PR stunt artists or modern day Dadaists, love ‘em or hate ‘em, Chim↑Pom put on a good show.

poster for Chim Pom

Chim Pom "Good to be Human"

at Yamamoto Gendai
in the Roppongi, Akasaka area
This event has ended - (2009-06-27 - 2009-07-25)

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In Photo Reports by William Andrews 2009-06-29 print

After their recent come-back shows at Vacant and NADiff, and a ‘secret’ show at Mujinto Productions (where a penis was ‘displayed’), 2009 seems to be the Year of the Chim↑Pom. Their latest exhibition is at Shirokane’s Yamamoto Gendai Gallery and TABlog was at the opening reception.
Visitors were greeted by a scene of chaos on a lavatorial scale.
Visitors walked through the installation to view the details.But you had to be careful where you stepped.

People gravitated around the 'living Buddha' but seemed to ignore the poor guy.
An arrow pointed elusively to a wall.
The installation contained several TV screens displaying footage of the Chim↑Pom members cavorting. This one, however, was clearly not working.
'Kuru Kuru Party' is spelt out in an original way.
I heard the teddy bear had it coming.
The Chim↑Pom boys were present, adding some final touches of red wine.
I thought the exhibition had spilled out into the office. An embarrassed member of staff told me it was not meant to be seen.

There were some less graphic pieces.

William Andrews

William Andrews. William Andrews came to Japan in 2004. He first lived in Osaka and worked as a translator for Kansai Art Beat. Arriving in Tokyo in 2008, when he is not exploring art galleries he can often be found in the city's theatres. He works as a translator, editor, copywriter and occasional journalist. He also maintains a (very irregular) blog about Tokyo contemporary theatre: TokyoStages.com » See other writings

Comments

  1. josephbolstad
    2009-07-21

    This reminds me of those “How To Make Contemporary Art” videos on youtube, only a whole lot less funny and subversive.

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