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Artists from the Philippines "Monuments of the Mundane and the Sublime"
Matsuo Megumi + Voice Gallery psf/w
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Juan Alcazaren, Mariano Ching, Yasmin Sison, Veronica Peralejo, Christina Quisumbing Ramilo, Reg Yuson, Toshio Matsui
The sculpture exhibition focuses in transforming mundane and everyday objects found in our surroundings that ultimately accumulate as discards of monumental scale. The sculptures draw inspiration from rubbles sourced from demolition and construction sites, and common objects that are either bought or found.
Interestingly, the Philippines for lack of local manufacturing industries embraces being a recipient of imported discards from all over the world, of which Japan is one of the most popular sources of second-hand items. These anthropological products renewed as objects d’art can be seen as dialectic discourse about our attitudes on consumption and waste. The idea behind this exhibition is to reinterpret the way these common objects are seen devoid of their function or original purpose, and presented as monumental art propositions relative to its scale and site specificity.
The artists included in this exhibition are established multi-disciplinary artists from the Philippines who have done works related to the exhibition theme, and were hand-picked to showcase their imaginative take on the subject of public art, and monumentality.
We are pleased to present "Sainenshow," a project led by ceramic artist Toshio Matsui.
The "Sainenshow," which has been ongoing since 2013, is a project to discuss new values by confronting social issues that emerge through the re-firing of unwanted ceramic products and pottery from homes and businesses.
These social issues include the modern society's dependence on electricity, creative activities, and the disparity between urban and rural areas. The fuel used by this project is waste wood from marginalized communities around the area where the kiln is located. The kiln site is located on the side of a tourist road where the resort development was interrupted. In the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear power plant accident, Toshio Matsui reaffirmed the dependence of modern creative activities on electric power, and at the same time, he realized that waste wood produced by a declining population, a modern distortion, is a perfectly dry and thermally efficient source of energy. On the other hand, just as pottery shards are excavated from ruins, pottery is a semi-permanent waste, just like nuclear waste from nuclear power plants, so to speak. It is an ironic similarity.
At the "Sainenshow," unwanted ceramics, a symbol of consumption and waste, are converted into energy at 1,350 degrees Celsius in an anagama kiln using waste wood as fuel. It causes ready-made items that were once perfectly formed, such as inexpensive mass-produced goods, novelties, and used fine tableware, to undergo significant changes, such as melting, adhesion, and expansion, and abandon their original aesthetic and monetary value, "lacking function and original purpose.
Rekindled by the collective, they do not have a specific artist. This suggests a liberation from the aesthetic and monetary values of modern and contemporary art.
Interestingly, the Philippines for lack of local manufacturing industries embraces being a recipient of imported discards from all over the world, of which Japan is one of the most popular sources of second-hand items. These anthropological products renewed as objects d’art can be seen as dialectic discourse about our attitudes on consumption and waste. The idea behind this exhibition is to reinterpret the way these common objects are seen devoid of their function or original purpose, and presented as monumental art propositions relative to its scale and site specificity.
The artists included in this exhibition are established multi-disciplinary artists from the Philippines who have done works related to the exhibition theme, and were hand-picked to showcase their imaginative take on the subject of public art, and monumentality.
We are pleased to present "Sainenshow," a project led by ceramic artist Toshio Matsui.
The "Sainenshow," which has been ongoing since 2013, is a project to discuss new values by confronting social issues that emerge through the re-firing of unwanted ceramic products and pottery from homes and businesses.
These social issues include the modern society's dependence on electricity, creative activities, and the disparity between urban and rural areas. The fuel used by this project is waste wood from marginalized communities around the area where the kiln is located. The kiln site is located on the side of a tourist road where the resort development was interrupted. In the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear power plant accident, Toshio Matsui reaffirmed the dependence of modern creative activities on electric power, and at the same time, he realized that waste wood produced by a declining population, a modern distortion, is a perfectly dry and thermally efficient source of energy. On the other hand, just as pottery shards are excavated from ruins, pottery is a semi-permanent waste, just like nuclear waste from nuclear power plants, so to speak. It is an ironic similarity.
At the "Sainenshow," unwanted ceramics, a symbol of consumption and waste, are converted into energy at 1,350 degrees Celsius in an anagama kiln using waste wood as fuel. It causes ready-made items that were once perfectly formed, such as inexpensive mass-produced goods, novelties, and used fine tableware, to undergo significant changes, such as melting, adhesion, and expansion, and abandon their original aesthetic and monetary value, "lacking function and original purpose.
Rekindled by the collective, they do not have a specific artist. This suggests a liberation from the aesthetic and monetary values of modern and contemporary art.
Schedule | Oct 30 (Wed) 2024-Nov 24 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Oct 30 (Wed) 2024 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Matsuo Megumi + Voice Gallery psf/w https://voicegallery.jp/home.php  | ||||
| Location | 147-1 Sujiyamachi, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 600-8061 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 12 at Kyoto-kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu line., 10 minute walk from exit 5 at Shijo Station on the Karasuma subway line. | ||||
| Phone | 075-341-0222 | ||||
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