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“ white ”

 

2014
サイズ : 4’00
素材 : Video

 

「白」という色には純粋や潔白などのイメージがあり、世界中で様々な場面で使用されている。また日本文化においても、谷崎潤一郎著の「陰翳礼讃」や、原研哉著の「白」で書かれているように、それは独特の美しさと役割を担っている。

しかしそういった「白」の周囲には、同時に「排除された無数の色」が存在するのではなかろうか。

ひとつの「白」を生み出す過程に起こる力を「白い暴力」と名付け、それについて考えた。

“ white ”

 

2014
size : 4’00
material : Video

The color “White” depicts an image of purity and innocence. This color is being used in various ways. One of the most common ways is wearing white clothes/dress in occasions like wedding, funeral, etc.
In Japan, there are two books, 'In praise of shadows' by Junichiro Tanizaki and ‘White’ by Kenya Hara, that tell us the aesthetic representation of this color.
There is a so called-white violence. White is being represented by peace or laws that govern to keep the community peaceful. However, peace can be difficult to maintain and laws are sometimes hard to follow, so crimes and violence happen. These crimes and violence are being represented by different colors as opposed to white. So this is the explanation of 'White Violence' in the video that I made.

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