Craaaaash!!: "Zekkei" Vacuum Fluctuation by Shinji Ohmaki

　先日、roomsに行った帰りに、TWS渋谷で開催されている大巻伸嗣の「絶景」を見に行ってきた。久しぶりに見入ってしまうほど時間を忘れる作品に出会う。"環境・ゴミ"をテーマにスラグを大量に使用した作品がほとんどで、圧巻の作品。すごくクールなので、お時間あったらぜひ！

In Japanese, zekkei (絶景) is the word used to describe "a superb view." It is comprised of two characters: "絶," here meaning "superb," and "景," here meaning "view."

However, a closer inspection of the character "絶" reveals it has other meanings besides "superb." This complex character is comprised of the component characters "糸" (ito, or "string"), and "刀" (katana, or "sword"). The image generated here is that of a sword cutting a string, from which stem numerous alternate meanings including: "to cut off," "to interrupt," "to put an end to," "to deny," "to eradicate," "to destroy," "to carry to the extreme," "to be distanced from," "to cross over" and "to cut across." All of these can be used to describe many of the situations we are in.

Meanwhile, the character "景" literally refers to strong separated light, and by extension, the shadow generated by that light, giving it the dual meaning of both "shadow" and "light."

We have created the three scenes of "Vacuum Fluctuation," "Silent Vaticination" and "Sinless Vandal" to the backdrops of absolute absence that transcends existence and nonexistence, the eastern philosophy of taiji/wuji, in which yin and yang constantly try to devour each other, and quantum field theory.

The vast passage of time due to slag artificially generated from burning all our waste brings about a poetic experience of imminence, as do the horizons we are inadvertently creating.

This exhibition combines research and dialogue on "the environment & waste" conducted as a step forward over the past year or so along with Shinji Ohmaki--a leading artist in the emerging artist support program, which TWS has continually been pouring its efforts into since its establishment.