Craaaaash!!: March 2009

29 Mar 2009

Power of Tokyo 42195!!

　東京マラソンのことを少し。

　まず自分自身のことから、、、結果は4時間42分で完走！(スタート時のロスを引くと38分台!)疲れたとかのレベルを越える全身の肉体疲労は半端ではなかったけど、なによりも楽しすぎる！！

　一緒に走った3万5千人のランナーはもちろん、1万3千人のボランティア、沿道の人達、大会役員、救護スタッフ、警備・警察、みんな笑顔で、ドリンクや食べ物をくれたりエアサロンパスしてくれるのはもとより、なによりもみんなとハイタッチしたり「がんばれ」って応援してくれたのがどれだけパワーになったか。本当に人類の力を改めて実感した4時間半であったし、「東京がひとつになる日」というキャッチフレーズも過言ではないかなと。

　去年、一昨年とこの時期は日本にいなかったこともあって、ずっと全く感覚がなかったけど、スタート地点に立ってようやく他の普通の市民マラソンとは違う“大祭り”ってことを感じてからは、走ってる最中も鳥肌が立ちっぱなしだった！まっ強いて言うなら、興奮しすぎて最初の15kmのペースが早すぎたのが原因で、後半(特に浅草付近と佃大橋)が相当きつくなったのは反省点。。

　“東京2016”誘致のために最も大きいアピール事業である東京マラソン。3回目の今年が五輪開催地決定まで最後の開催となった訳だけど、一次選考で評価が悪かった「民意の盛り上がり」項目に関しては、3年間で着実に盛り上がって来ているという点で、相当良いアピールになったのではないかと。最も懸念されてた政府からの資金支援にも大きくめどが立ってきたしね(このことは後日詳しく書きます)

　何はともあれ、無事完走出来て、すごく楽しめた訳で、東京の人々に本当に感謝！・・・関節痛が治らないままフットサルの試合したせいで、膝が爆発しそう。。

15 Mar 2009

Tokyo 42195!!

Hi, friends!
today, I have a big favor.
I will compete in the "Tokyo Marathon" on Feb. 22nd(sun).
I make one's first attempt to 42.195km.
I'm not sure I can complete the full distance.
so, Let's root for me!! Please!!

こんにちは、みなさん！
今日はお知らせとお願いがあります。
２月２２日（日）、私は東京マラソンに出場します。
42.195kmは初めてのチャレンジです。
私は完走出来るかわかりません。
だから、ぜひ応援してください！

詳しいコースなど、また今度に書きます！

12 Mar 2009

Unknown Pleasures

today, I went to see Jim Lambie "Unknown Pleasures" in Hara Museum of Contemporary Art. I love his works! primary color, geometrical design, everything is fantastic!!

The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is proud to present the exhibition Jim Lambie: Unknown Pleasures. Selected as the Scottish representative at the Venice Biennale (2003) and nominated for the Turner Prize (2005), the most prestigious honor in the world of British contemporary art, Lambie has achieved a number of milestones in recent years. This exhibition features Lambie’s trademark psychedelic floor installations with sculptural works consisting of dramatically transformed everyday objects which together co-star, collaborate or compete with the unique space of the Hara Museum. Many of the works are appearing in Japan for the first time.

“Discovered” by Wassily Kandinsky at the beginning of the 20th century, abstract art went on to give blossom in the mid-60s to the large flower known as “Op Art,” which changed art from image to illusion, giving spectators a new kind of visual experience. Born during the heyday of the Op Art movement, Jim Lambie lays down tapes in precise geometric patterns over entire floors that boldly transform the space itself. Through his installations, he probes the use of abstraction to create rich visual experiences, as well as the possibilities that they hold. Furthermore, Lambie takes daily objects such as chairs, beds, records and record players that have been boldly yet sensitively decorated and places them skillfully into his installations to bring “unknown pleasures” into our sights.

When we step into a space created by Lambie, our eyes begin to “reply” to the geometric patterns on the floor. We experience illusionistic space that vibrates with a regular rhythm, shrinking and expanding, even inducing a feeling of vertigo, until at some point we forget we are in a museum and feel the space expanding without limit within the inner depths of our consciousness. Lambie, who continues to live life immersed in music through band and DJ activities, talks about music in a way that mirrors this sensation: “You put a record on and it’s like all the edges disappear.” Through the mechanisms behind perception, the psychological and behavioral restraints that surround us temporarily disappear, transforming life into something vigorous and robust. One might consider this sense of “being alive” to be the end state of Lambie’s abstraction.(from tokyo art beat)

you must go this extibition! and, Hara Museum is one of my favorite space.

for your infomation, Towada Arts Center has Lambie works, too!!!

http://www.haramuseum.or.jp/