Thursday, December 12, 2024

Aozora Art: Blue Sky Art 30th Anniversary!(Peek-a-boo Art project)

  

2024 is the 30th anniversary of Aozora Art(Blue Sky Art/ Peek-a-boo Art project, which started in August 1994.

Is this really art? I started this interactive art project with the participation of passersby, although I was wondering if it was art or not.

It is an art project that asks not art fans but “passers-by” questions such as what family is, what marriage is, and what gender is. The name “social practice” is now attached to this genre of art project.

If you were something/someone other than yourself, how would you feel and how would things be different from the way you are now? It is a basic concept form that invites people to imagine this.

This year, in celebration of its 30th anniversary, I will hold “Who is Miura? part 2”. “Who is Miura?” is a legendary work that Miura fans went crazy for at the Aomori Museum of Art in 2000.

I will be able to tell you more soon




Photo: August 28, 1994

This is the Harajuku pedestrian street, Aozora Art(Blue Sky Art/ Peek-a-boo Art project, for the second time, maybe.

I remember we held the first season of the art project at Omotesando side of Harajuku.

The artist asked passersby to “Create your ideal family, and get a commemorative photo!” Participants choosed their favorite family members on a family sheet, and a “Peek-a-boo board” to match each family member. Then, we took their family photo with an instant film camera. The participant was asked to sign the photo as a family member on the spot. One photo is given away and one was kept to us for preservation.

This “family menber” was almost a replica of the actual composition of grandparents, parents, and sisters. And they actually took a picture of them with their faces out of that roll's Peek-a-boo boards.

 

 


Here are some photos of the Aozora Art(Blue Sky Art/ Peek-a-boo Art projectseries, mainly since I came to NYC. Please take a look, thank you!


https://www.nyfa.org/fiscal-sponsorship/project-directory/view-project/?id=RT1194

 

You can download a pamphlet about Aozora Art(Blue Sky Art/ Peek-a-boo Art project here, so please take a look.


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w3j2c39wrpcahqjeswsuk/RICA_Takashima3.6.pdf?rlkey=a4e3ahtvb4ek5av2angepa43j&st=0z9uajp5&dl=0


1994年の8月に始めたあおぞらアートの30周年になりました。

これってはたしてアートなのか?と自分でもわからず始めた通行人参加型のインタラクティブアート。

家族とは何か、婚姻とは何か、性別とは何か、などをアートファンではなく「通りすがりの人」に問いかけるアート。今ではソーシャルプラクティスという名前もこのジャンルのアートについた。

自分が自分以外の何者かになったら、どう感じたりどんなふうに今とは違うことがあるのか。それを想像してもらうアートです。

今年は30周年記念に青森県立美術館での名作「みうらさん?」(2000)の第二弾ができそうです近々お伝えできると思います。

 

1994年8月28日

この家族写真は原宿歩行者天国 あおぞらアート、2回目かな??

この日も晴れ。最初は表参道でやっていたっけなあ。

アーティストは「あなたにとって理想の家族を作ってみよう」と通行人に問いかける。参加者は、家族シートに好きな家族構成とそれぞれの家族メンバーに合わせた顔出しくんを選ぶ。そして家族写真を撮る。インスタントカメラで撮ってその場で参加者には家族としての証明サインをしてもらう。一枚は差し上げて、一枚はこちらで保存用にした。

この「家族」は、ほぼ実際の祖父母、両親、姉妹の構成をなぞらえていた。そして実際にそのロールの顔出しくんから顔を出して撮影した。


↓ここに主にNYCに来てからの顔出しくんプロジェクトの写真があります。みてね。

https://www.nyfa.org/fiscal-sponsorship/project-directory/view-project/?id=RT1194

 

↓ここにあおぞらアートについてのパンフレットがダウンロードできるのでぜひ観て下さいね。


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w3j2c39wrpcahqjeswsuk/RICA_Takashima3.6.pdf?rlkey=a4e3ahtvb4ek5av2angepa43j&st=0z9uajp5&dl=0


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