SANCTUARY | QUIET SOUNDS FOR A TIRED CITY | AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATION
20 FEBRUARY-22 FEBRUARY 2020 | YOYOGI GYMNASIUM, TOKYO, JAPAN
DURATION: 35:00
Sanctuary
sanc·tu·ary | \ ˈsaŋ(k)-chə-ˌwer-ē
1. refuge or safety from pursuit, persecution or other danger.
2. a nature reserve.
3. a holy place; a temple.
SANCTUARY is a audiovisual installation made in collaboration with visual artist Synichi Yamamoto. Commissioned by H.P. France for Rooms 40 at the Kenzo Tange designed Yoyogi Gymnasium, SANCTUARY was designed to provide a quiet space amidst a bustling arts trade show where visitors could seek respite and find solace. It was conceived to address the question, “What is a sanctuary in modern urban society?” Historically, temples, shrines, cathedrals and nature provided a tired population a public space for collective and personal solace. As the role, presence and significance of each of these has diminished, where can we find find quiet now? The places where we seek solace is obvious…smartphones, TV and increasingly virtual spheres have become the preeminent forms of escapism, and yet none of these seem to quiet our souls. Why does quiet space seem more elusive than ever? SANCTUARY offers one such response to this question. Consisting of a long form composition of slowly modulating sound and imagery for a multichannel, generative sound environment and overlapping and evolving processed landscape projections, SANCTUARY creates stillness and space; an urban sanctuary.
近代大都市に住む人々は疲れている。残業、過労、睡眠不足、NO REST, NO VACATION。 現代都会人は息が詰まっている。情報に満ちあふれている近代都市、人の交感神経を刺激させる場所は数々あるが、都会に深呼吸できる場所は果たしてあるのか？都会に静寂はあるのか？人間の副交感神経が必要とする「間」はあるのか？今回 ROOMS 40 で作成した空間はまさに「空」と「間」を大切にした「SANCTUARY」A QUIET SPACE FOR A TIRED CITY。
代々木体育館で開催されたクリエイターのイベント「Rooms」の中に作られた特別企画で、10mx20mほどのスペースに直角に配置された2つのスクリーンのシンプルな構成の空間を設置音と映像のインスタレーション作品。
日本とアイスランドでフィールドワークされたランドスケープ素材を編集した30分のクリップを、同じ編集で異なるエフェクトを施した2つを用意して、その場で偶然生まれる一期一会の映像と音を生み出しています。
CREDITS:
Music Composition + Sound Design : Corey Fuller
Images + Artwork: Synichi Yamamoto + Corey Fuller
Video Processing: Synichi Yamamoto
Cooperation: WHITELIGHT, Seiichi Sega