Yukiko Shikata

Maniacs of Disappearance - Today’s Japan as Disseminator of Video-Messages / + SYNC (Rotterdam, 1998)

1997

Maniacs of Disappearance - Today’s Japan as Disseminator of Video-Messages / + SYNC (Rotterdam, 1998)

1997

主催：国際交流基金
キュレーター：阿部一直＋四方幸子＋クリストフ・シャルル
海外の複数の美術館やセンターを巡回

国際交流基金が海外巡回用に企画した日本のビデオアーティストを紹介するプログラム。現代美術、実験映画、ビデオアート、メディアアート、ジャーナリズムなど異なる領域から作品をキュレーションした。

アーティスト：太郎千恵蔵、北川裕二、平川典俊、大月奈都子、寺島真里、馬野訓子、津田佳紀、古橋悌二、デイヴィッド・ブレア、デイヴィッド・ディヒーリ

- Teiji Furuhashi: “LOVERS” courtesy of Canon ARTLAB, Tokyo, “S/N” courtesy of Dumb Type
- Noritoshi Hirakawa: “Pretender” courtesy of Wako Works of Art

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Special thanks: 原久子、瀬川律子、高谷史郎、Dumb Type、アート・ダイナミクス、ワコー・ワークス・オブ・アート、小山登美夫ギャラリー


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SYNC - “Maniacs of Disappearance” synchronized
March 8 - 29 1998
Venue: Pathe Schouwburgplein Rotterdam
Organizer: CELL - initiators of incidents Rotterdam
Curators: Kazunao Abe

パッケージ化された巡回展とは別に、オランダ・ロッテルダムでは、「Maniacs of Disappearance」に呼応する形でオランダのアーティストによるプログラムが独自に組まれ、日本からの作品とともに、「SYNC - “Maniacs of Disappearance” synchronized」というタイトルで展示、会期中にオリジナル・イベント（キュレーター四方のトークに出展アーティストGeert MulがVJで参加）も開催された。

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- Excerpts of the Hand-out of ‘SYNC - “Maniacs of Disappearance' synchronized”, text by CELL - initiators of incidents, Rotterdam:

From In 1997, Kazunao Abe, Yukiko Shikata and Christophe Charles coupled an exhibition commissioned by The Japan Foundation titled: Maniacs of Disappearance v”. With this they wanted to sketch an outline of artistic expression baby means of video by a contemporary generation of Japanese. CELL - Initiators of Incidents invited this exhibition to the Netherlands and decided to develop a Dutch version thet (in any case formally) would run synchronously to the Japanese part. While selecting the Dutch artists, attention was paid to affinity and contract between these Japanese and Dutch contributions to contemporary visual culture.
Recognizing the danger that with this project magnificent work would be subjected to an egoistic investigation of overzealous exhibition-makers. CELL decided to opt for a compelling installation-form. A form whereby the audience is initially unaware of whose flood of images is sweeping him or her away, bye it Japanese or Dutch…like a billboard one the street that catches an accidental glance, like a television program you end up with whilst zapping that touches you by a chance image, like a multi-user environment where you observe talks of other avatars and where you try to reveal their “true” identity, like a sneak-preview that you enter halfway through and where you persistently wonder which movie it is… whhose… what it is about….., briefly, like one of the forms of contemporary visual culture to which we (outside of the museum walls in any case) are exposed to every day.

Maniacs of Disappearance: the Japanese part of the exhibition:
(Curators: Kazunao Abe + Yukiko Shikata + Christoph Charles)
Artists: TARO Chiezo, Yuji Kitagawa, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Natsuko Otsuki, Mari Terashima, Noriko Umano, Yoshinori Tsuda, Teiji Furuhashi, David Blair, David d’Heilly

The Dutch part of the exhibition:
(Curators; (CELL) Antoinette the Paste and Nathalie Houtermans)
Artists: Manon de BBoer, Marcia Maxwell, Lennaart van Oldenborgh, Lydia Schouten, Fow Pyng Hu, Rene Bosma & Arno Coenennn, Geert Mul, Menno Grootveld, Peter Bogers

Organized and coordinated by The Japan Foundation
Curators: Kazunao Abe + Yukiko Shikata + Christoph Charles

Artists: TARO Chiezo, Yuji Kitagawa, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Natsuko Otsuki, Mari Terashima, Noriko Umano, Yoshinori Tsuda, Teiji Furuhashi, David Blair, David d’Heilly

- Teiji Furuhashi: “LOVERS” courtesy of Canon ARTLAB, Tokyo, “S/N” courtesy of Dumb Type
- Noritoshi Hirakawa: “Pretender” courtesy of Wako Works of Art

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Special thanks: Hisako Hara, Ritsuko Segawa, Shiro Takatani, Dumb Tupe, Art Dynamics, Wako Works of Art, Koyama Tomio Gallery


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SYNC - “Maniacs of Disappearance” synchronized
March 8 - 29 1998
Venue: Pathe Schouwburgplein Rotterdam
Organizer: CELL - initiators of incidents Rotterdam
Curators: Kazunao Abe

In Rotterdam, apart from the packaged exhibition, CELL Rotterdam organized the original exhibition and event titled “SYNC - “Maniacs of Disappearance” synchronized” by curating Dutch vide and media artists to show in combination with "Maniacs of Disappearance”, associated with the joint event by inviting Yukiko Shikata (talk) and Geert Mul (VJ).

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- Excerpts of the Hand-out of ‘SYNC - “Maniacs of Disappearance' synchronized”, text by CELL - initiators of incidents, Rotterdam:

In 1997, Kazunao Abe, Yukiko Shikata and Christophe Charles coupled an exhibition commissioned by The Japan Foundation titled: Maniacs of Disappearance v”. With this they wanted to sketch an outline of artistic expression baby means of video by a contemporary generation of Japanese. CELL - Initiators of Incidents invited this exhibition to the Netherlands and decided to develop a Dutch version thet (in any case formally) would run synchronously to the Japanese part. While selecting the Dutch artists, attention was paid to affinity and contract between these Japanese and Dutch contributions to contemporary visual culture.
Recognizing the danger that with this project magnificent work would be subjected to an egoistic investigation of overzealous exhibition-makers. CELL decided to opt for a compelling installation-form. A form whereby the audience is initially unaware of whose flood of images is sweeping him or her away, bye it Japanese or Dutch…like a billboard one the street that catches an accidental glance, like a television program you end up with whilst zapping that touches you by a chance image, like a multi-user environment where you observe talks of other avatars and where you try to reveal their “true” identity, like a sneak-preview that you enter halfway through and where you persistently wonder which movie it is… whhose… what it is about….., briefly, like one of the forms of contemporary visual culture to which we (outside of the museum walls in any case) are exposed to every day.

Maniacs of Disappearance: the Japanese part of the exhibition:
(Curators: Kazunao Abe + Yukiko Shikata + Christoph Charles)
Artists: TARO Chiezo, Yuji Kitagawa, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Natsuko Otsuki, Mari Terashima, Noriko Umano, Yoshinori Tsuda, Teiji Furuhashi, David Blair, David d’Heilly

The Dutch part of the exhibition:
(Curators; (CELL) Antoinette the Paste and Nathalie Houtermans)
Artists: Manon de BBoer, Marcia Maxwell, Lennaart van Oldenborgh, Lydia Schouten, Fow Pyng Hu, Rene Bosma & Arno Coenennn, Geert Mul, Menno Grootveld, Peter Bogers