Yoshifusa Yamane "Stand for the World"

Art & River Bank

Finished

Artists

Yoshifusa Yamane

Yoshifusa Yamane's new work "stand for the world" is an installation that consists of books, video projection, and photos, and is based on his project in which he stacks books. His project is conducted through visiting the rooms of his friends and acquaintances and carefully stacking books from floor to ceiling, so that each stack looks like a pillar. The books he utilizes are those that the resident possesses, as well as some of his own. Though stacking the books is an easy, game-like activity, people who watch the film that shows the recording of the stacking end up being veiled in a strange sensation. These books, which are utilized for a different purpose than their original ones, gradually begin to eloquently narrate a story about the room and its resident. The pillar of books manifests a strange harmony as well as a sense of dissociation with the state of the room. Human beings, who are thrown out cold into this world, have always hauled around books close to their sides as a means of coping with life; thus, books can be seen as revealing a person's own individual world. This means that it might be an illusion to think that the world, which consists of people who live in their individual, respective worlds, essentially has elements that can be shared with others.

-Opening party: June 21st (Sat) 17:00

Gallery's temporary website: http://art-and-river-bank.blogspot.com/

Schedule

Jun 21 (Sat) 2008-Jul 12 (Sat) 2008