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Sacco Fujishima, Pedro Inoue
In the last decade, the notion of protest and civil disobedience has taken academia and mainstream media by storm, bolstered by social media and the communal organization of individual members of the public. This new exhibition On Double-dealings, Demos, and Discontent examines the mechanisms of resistance by showcasing the works of the Japanese artist Sacco Fujishima, who lends a Japanese perspective on social change, and the Brazilian designer and activist Pedro Inoue, who engages viewers with a western perspective.
The exhibition enables us to deliberate on the aesthetic and apparatus of protest and to juxtapose different means to capacitate social change, using a variety of tools – from new technologies such as the metaverse and AI to traditional tactics such as posters and banners.
Much of Sacco Fujishima’s latest works defined by live demonstrations she hosts on the metaverse, often with tens of thousands of participants, fueled by hashtags, is presenting a new demonstration designed especially for this exhibition to highlight women’s equality and rights in Japan. Viewers will be able to experience her digital demo through a live-feed video installation at the gallery and interact with AI avatars they can question in both Japanese and English, as well as a monitor that allows the audience to upload live comments. Other works of Fujishima include paintings that allude to the individual anonymity that is often associated with demonstrations, and a live station where the audience can contact a Japanese governmental office to petition, ironically through fax, which is, apparently, still the most common channel to express civil grievances with governmental offices in Japan.
Pedro Inoue who is a seasoned social activist, shares in this exhibition his relentless efforts to highlight issues relating to sustainability, the protection of the environment, and anti-capitalism. He will include nearly life-sized inflatable “roly-poly” figures bearing the image of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg that visitors can wrestle with, cheekily-designed front pages of publications with fake news, video work, slogan-bearing posters, a shrine composed of retail products for visitors to meditate on, and an installation using graphic imagery compiled by mainstream representations and logos.
The interactive nature of the exhibition encourages audience participation and grants an opportunity for an experiential dialogue that goes beyond the ordinary “art viewing” experience.
The exhibition enables us to deliberate on the aesthetic and apparatus of protest and to juxtapose different means to capacitate social change, using a variety of tools – from new technologies such as the metaverse and AI to traditional tactics such as posters and banners.
Much of Sacco Fujishima’s latest works defined by live demonstrations she hosts on the metaverse, often with tens of thousands of participants, fueled by hashtags, is presenting a new demonstration designed especially for this exhibition to highlight women’s equality and rights in Japan. Viewers will be able to experience her digital demo through a live-feed video installation at the gallery and interact with AI avatars they can question in both Japanese and English, as well as a monitor that allows the audience to upload live comments. Other works of Fujishima include paintings that allude to the individual anonymity that is often associated with demonstrations, and a live station where the audience can contact a Japanese governmental office to petition, ironically through fax, which is, apparently, still the most common channel to express civil grievances with governmental offices in Japan.
Pedro Inoue who is a seasoned social activist, shares in this exhibition his relentless efforts to highlight issues relating to sustainability, the protection of the environment, and anti-capitalism. He will include nearly life-sized inflatable “roly-poly” figures bearing the image of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg that visitors can wrestle with, cheekily-designed front pages of publications with fake news, video work, slogan-bearing posters, a shrine composed of retail products for visitors to meditate on, and an installation using graphic imagery compiled by mainstream representations and logos.
The interactive nature of the exhibition encourages audience participation and grants an opportunity for an experiential dialogue that goes beyond the ordinary “art viewing” experience.
Schedule | May 18 (Sat) 2024-Jul 15 (Mon) 2024 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception May 18 (Sat) 2024 17:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://watowagallery.com/%e3%82%ae%e3%83%a3%e3%83%a9%e3%83%aa%e3%83%bc%e3%81%ae%e4%b8%ad%e3%81%a7%e6%b4%bb%e5%8b%95%e3%81%ab%e5%8f%82%e5%8a%a0%e3%81%a7%e3%81%8d%e3%82%8b%e3%82%a4%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b9%e3%82%bf/ | ||||
| Venue | Watowa Gallery / The Box Tokyo https://watowagallery.com/ | ||||
| Location | 3F, 1-2-10 Imado, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0024 | ||||
| Access | 12 minute walk from the North exit of Asakusa Station on the Ginza, Toei Asakusa or Tobu Isesaki line. | ||||
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