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Im-video 2024
Chidoribunka
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Urich Lau, Sung Nam Han, Rafaël
Three audio-visual artists - Singapore-based Urich Lau, Spain-born and South Korea-based Rafaël, and Sung Nam Han, who works in Japan and abroad - present their work in three formats: exhibition, live performance and screening.
The French prefix 'im' has an ambivalent meaning, indicating negation or lack of something, as well as being within a certain range or state. im-video can also be translated as 'I am video.' The term was coined to question the state of the visual arts because it is now no longer possible to imagine a world without videos.
The Russian-Ukrainian war started in 2022 and the Israeli-Hamas clashes broke out in 2023. As a result, a film director in Russia has been banned from making films and has been forced to retire, and artists involved in art and culture are fleeing Russia due to restrictions on speech. Self-regulation of expression is also rampant in a contemporary art gallery, with the cancellation of a solo exhibition of one Palestinian-supporting artist. It feels as if the world has entered an era of the "Great" Small Wars like never before. Why do people need to fight each other when the natural environment is going from bad to worse every second? Is war necessary to keep the economy going? When natural disasters occur, human societies are paralyzed without a trace. This exhibition confronts the "roots" of the nation as a unit, which the three artists consider that has caused the deadlock of humanity to accelerate, to prevent cutting-edge expression from being lost, to prevent the range of expression from being narrowed, and to prevent it from being regulated.
The French prefix 'im' has an ambivalent meaning, indicating negation or lack of something, as well as being within a certain range or state. im-video can also be translated as 'I am video.' The term was coined to question the state of the visual arts because it is now no longer possible to imagine a world without videos.
The Russian-Ukrainian war started in 2022 and the Israeli-Hamas clashes broke out in 2023. As a result, a film director in Russia has been banned from making films and has been forced to retire, and artists involved in art and culture are fleeing Russia due to restrictions on speech. Self-regulation of expression is also rampant in a contemporary art gallery, with the cancellation of a solo exhibition of one Palestinian-supporting artist. It feels as if the world has entered an era of the "Great" Small Wars like never before. Why do people need to fight each other when the natural environment is going from bad to worse every second? Is war necessary to keep the economy going? When natural disasters occur, human societies are paralyzed without a trace. This exhibition confronts the "roots" of the nation as a unit, which the three artists consider that has caused the deadlock of humanity to accelerate, to prevent cutting-edge expression from being lost, to prevent the range of expression from being narrowed, and to prevent it from being regulated.
Schedule | Feb 1 (Thu) 2024-Feb 5 (Mon) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free *One drink order is requested when visiting the exhibition. | ||
| Website | http://chidoribunka.jp/2024-2-1-5-im-video-2024/ | ||
| Venue | Chidoribunka http://chidoribunka.jp/ | ||
| Location | 5-2-28 Kitakagaya, Suminoe-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 559-0011 | ||
| Access | 4 minute walk from exit 4 at Kitakagaya Station on the Yotsubashi subway line. | ||
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