Viewpoints - Light bulb -
Arts Maebashi | 2023-2024
About the Work
WOW exhibited “Viewpoints,” a new work originally unveiled at the “Unlearning the Visuals” exhibition held in 2022. It was unveiled at "New Horizon: Vision of the Future," an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of Arts Maebashi in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture.
“Viewpoints” is an installation about viewpoints and synchronicity. Multiple light bulbs and mirrors are placed in a space that appears to be the ruins of the HOWZE building. The flickering of the light bulbs and the spaces they illuminate are captured from multiple perspectives in the reflections of the mirrors. At the instant that virtual images moving around the space link up at a certain point, light bulbs that seemed to have been randomly placed form a line of light.
We intentionally cut out and capture the “things we see” in our daily lives. It could be that there is a world beyond this cut-out field of vision where our casual everyday actions are actually synchronized with others. In this installation, by encountering “viewpoints” beyond one’s own intentions and thoughts, the viewer notices new ways of seeing and connecting with the world, and attempts to experience events from multiple perspectives.
Credits
Director：Tatsuki Kondo
Executive Producer：Hiroshi Takahashi
Producer：Takuya Inagaki
Project Manager：Ikumi Tabata
Construction：HAKUTEN
Equipment：Prism Co., Ltd.
Equipment：Prism Co., Ltd.
Shooting：Shintaro Yamanaka (Qsyum!) / Hirotatsu Koarai (Qsyum!)
