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Swallow Them, Scatter It, Then Pray for Me
The 5th Floor (Hanazono Alley)
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Shaikha Al Ketibi, Aurelia King, Jiawei Tian, Vivi Zhu, Tomomi Onuki, Eureka Toyoda
The exhibition “Swallow Them, Scatter It, Then Pray for Me” will revive the smothered voices of women in the diaspora whose tongues were ignored and seemingly irrelevant in their new surroundings by reflecting incommunicable intergenerational memory. The concept of intergenerational memory is inspired by Marianne Hirsch’s “Post-memory” theory; descendants can perceive ancestors’ memories through photographs, bedtime stories, or even unconscious gestures ancestors made. The ancestor's memory possesses this after-generation and suffers from the shadow of their painful experiences. That absence of memory is the memory second-generation have in their pulsing veins. Nevertheless, this memory is also an essential part of our history. Yet it is not discussed enough in the homogeneously constructed history." Furthermore, society easily ignores it due to its lack of objectivity and majority consensus. This exhibition aims to shed light on this vulnerable, obscured, and fragmented memory and weave a new genealogical narrative by creating an amalgamation of visual arts, performance, and mysterious fiction.
The exhibition showcases artists' work following a story rather than keywords or discourse by reconceiving the exhibition space as a “hotel.” The hotel symbolizes an in-between space of temporal transit. The hotel room is not the space of the past nor a home for the future. In this moment, the past and the present intertwine, creating an imagination of a path toward the future. Artists leave their artworks as traces that trigger the imagination. The visitors intrude into these imaginary figures’ personal spaces, and through meandering, multilayered narratives unravel.
The exhibition showcases artists' work following a story rather than keywords or discourse by reconceiving the exhibition space as a “hotel.” The hotel symbolizes an in-between space of temporal transit. The hotel room is not the space of the past nor a home for the future. In this moment, the past and the present intertwine, creating an imagination of a path toward the future. Artists leave their artworks as traces that trigger the imagination. The visitors intrude into these imaginary figures’ personal spaces, and through meandering, multilayered narratives unravel.
Schedule | Aug 17 (Sat) 2024-Sep 1 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Aug 16 (Fri) 2024 17:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | ¥500 | ||||
| Venue | The 5th Floor (Hanazono Alley) https://the5thfloor.org/  | ||||
| Location | 5F Hanazono Alley, 3-3-9 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0008 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 2 at Nezu Station on the Chiyoda line, 10 minute walk from the Ikenohata exit of Keisei Ueno Station on the Keisei Main line, 11 minute walk from the Yamashita exit of JR Ueno Station. | ||||
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