photo: FUKUNAGA Kazuo
AC-21
| Artist | KOSUGE1-16 |
|---|---|
| Year | 2008 |
| Material/ Technique | plywood, steel, FRP, metal, etc. |
| Size/ Duration | H150 × W401.8 × D1082cm |
| Copyright Notice | © KOSUGE1-16 |
| Year of acquisition/ donation | 2008 |
| Description | TSUCHIYA Takashi: Born in Saitama, Japan in 1977. KURUMADA Chishino: Born in Fukushima, Japan in 1977. They have worked as an artist unit since 2001. Both live and work in Kochi. The two artists of KOSUGE1-16 lived in Kosuge, in Tokyo’s traditional ‘shitamachi’ (downtown) area. Here, amid a reciprocal relationship with the local community and close neighborly ties remaining from olden times, they produce works that examine familiar everyday surroundings and phenomena, and social relations between people. Many of their creations take the form of participatory programs, such as creative workshops and large gatherings. The public participate not simply as onlookers but as program activators. While enjoying encounters with other people, the participants share the place and deepen their bonds through discussion. By facilitating such activities in familiar everyday locations, moreover, KOSUGE1-16 attempts to transcend the art institution framework. "AC-21" is a gigantic version of the soccer board game normally played by two players. As in that tabletop version, players move rods to manipulate the figures, but in this case, the game is so large that one player cannot possibly manipulate all the figures, and it is necessary to team with other participants. Moving the rods, furthermore, requires running from one side to the other and using one’s entire body. The game thus demands different reactions and movements, and a different sense of foresight, from either a soccer board game, where one manipulates the figures from an overall view, or an actual soccer game, where one runs about on a field. Through this work, whose title ‘AC’ is an acronym for ‘Athletic Club,’ the artists seek to produce club-like relations between people through this work. Rather than unilaterally offering participants an experience, the work is enabled by their taking part in the production process. |
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This Collection Data page contains the works and materials in the collection of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, as of April 1, 2018.
Artists are listed alphabetically by artist’s surname.
Works and materials by the same artists are listed according to the date of the work in principle.
Works whose dates are unidentified are listed at the end of each item. Some works are not listed according to the date of work due to their relations.
The data of works and materials are listed in order of title, production year, material/technique/form, dimensions, donor’s name, copyright holder and credit for photograph.
Dimensions are given by height (H) x width (W) in centimeters for plane work, and height (H) x width (W) x depth (D) in cm for 3-D work. Diameter (Ø) is used for circular work.
For the name of country or city, the name currently used in English is listed in principle.