GROWING SPACE Exhibition | Batting LALALA Midori

30 July – 10 October 2022

Mitsunori Kimura / Luc Schol / Riko Yasumiya
Aichi Triennale 2022 Partnership | Batting LALALA Midori

The inaugural exhibition at GROWING SPACE, Batting LALALA Midori is self-titled GROWING SPACE, in partnership with Aichi Triennale 2022.

In addition to the interactive light installation neuro−muscular interaction (2021) created in collaboration with Riko Yasumiya back in March 2021, SYNONYM would like to present a curation of artworks and installations starting from the 30th of July until the 10th of October 2022, exhibiting a variety of art forms such as wooden sculptures from Mitsunori Kimura, landscape photography and moving images from Luc Schol, as well as interactive installations from Riko Yasumiya.

The exhibition of GROWING SPACE is a reaction to the theme behind this year’s Aichi Triennale 2022 STILL ALIVE, which focuses on global propositions of values and beauty in a post-COVID-19 era. GROWING SPACE outlines a relationship between nature, humans and animals, centring on the concepts of coexistence and escapism, it’s a proposal for us to reconsider the mutual relationship, to increase awareness and change our sensitivity towards what’s surrounding us with the pandemic hopefully coming to a close.

Escapism quintessentially draws on the idea of a utopia. Human beings have dabbled around and imagined an ideal world away from depression and sadness since early times. For the past two years due to the pandemic, we all had to endure and suffer, the feeling of compulsion has swelled and multiplied to a level where it felt almost suffocating. On the other hand – a relatively positive note – during various periods of lockdown, people around the world have all begun to realise the importance of nature, the talks of being out in the open and escaping to nature have perhaps once more become the centre of discussion. It’s our intention in curating a utopia where we could all escape to, realising a game-like world with separate distinctive islands enveloped by an enigmatic air guiding the audience through the main story narrative, from reality to the realms of fantasy, simultaneously crafting a bonus stage for us to discover a hidden world within, creating a coexisting relationship among all the artworks, whilst illustrating the fact that humans, animals, even nature are all subject to the same laws of existence — they grow, they develop and ultimately they die.

At GROWING SPACE, you would find artworks allowing viewers to meditate, to interact with and to encounter our surroundings in a different spectrum, you may also experience a fragrance of hinoki (cypress) emanating from the sculptures created by Mitsunori Kimura. The exhibition also serves an educational purpose for everyone to understand more about the human body, endangered animals and nature. A batting centre is a place for children and adults to have fun and to learn, on top of all, GROWING SPACE hopefully opens up everyone’s existing perception to what art could be. Please give art another chance, amidst the ongoing pandemic and war, humanity still thrives and grows, let’s stay hungry and stay curious, keep our fingers crossed and hope for better years to come.

On the 24th of August during the exhibition period, an art workshop designed for elementary kids, co-organised by SYNONYM and Sakura Kids International, will be hosted by Mitsunori Kimura, who will guide and inspire the kids to make their own creations using a variety of materials. This exhibition is warmly supported by the Aichi Triennale Organising Committee and Hémash Ltd.

この度、展示空間「GROWING SPACE」のオープニング・エキシビションとして、バッティングららら緑店にて展示「GROWING SPACE」を開催いたします。本展は、国際芸術祭「あいち2022」とのパートナーシップを通じて開催されます。

2022年7月30日(土)から10月10日(月)にかけて行われる本展では、2021年3月にアーティストの安宮理子とのコラボレーションによって実現した、光が織りなすインタラクティブ・インスタレーション「神経-筋 機能」に加えて、SYNONYMがキュレーションを務める作品とインスタレーションをご紹介します。本展では、彫刻家の木村充伯による木彫の作品、ロンドンとオランダのロッテルダムを拠点とするビジュアルアーティスト、ルック・ショルの風景写真と映像作品、安宮理子のインタラクティブ・インスタレーションなど、多彩な作品が一堂に会します。

本展「GROWING SPACE」は、国際芸術祭「あいち2022」のテーマ「STILL ALIVE」に対するアーティストたちの反応を表現しています。「STILL ALIVE」というテーマは、ポストコロナ時代におけるグローバルな価値提案や美しさに焦点を当てたものです。本展は、共存とエスケーピズムというコンセプトを軸に、「自然/人間/動物」の関係性を提示します。それは、コロナ禍の収束が期待される今日において三者の共存関係について改めて考えると同時に、私たちを取り巻く環境に対する“気づき”と変化を促進するための提案でもあります。

エスケーピズムの真髄は、ユートピアの概念に由来します。はるか昔より、人類は不安や悲しみから逃れるため、架空の理想郷を思い描いてきました。コロナ禍というこの2年間、私たちはさまざまな忍耐や苦しみを強いられてきました。その結果、理性では抑えられない衝動が膨らみ、私たちを窒息させてしまうほど大きく膨れ上がったのです。その一方、ボジティブな変化もあります。世界の各都市でロックダウンが敷かれたことにより、人々は自然の大切さに気づきはじめました。人々は、開かれた自然に逃避することの素晴らしさについてふたたび話し合うようになったのです。私たちのねらいは、作品のキュレーションを通じてすべての人が逃避できるユートピアを創ることです。私たちが思い描くユートピアとは、謎めいたオーラに包まれた島々が存在するゲームのような世界です。謎めいたオーラは、メインとなる物語の語り手となって現実から空想の世界へとオーディエンスを誘うと同時に、隠れた世界を秘めたボーナスステージを創出します。そこでは、あらゆる作品との共存関係が構築される一方、人間と動物、そして自然までもが「成長、発展、死」という存在の法則から免れられないことを教えてくれます。

本展は、オーディエンスを瞑想や交流へと誘うだけでなく、異なるスペクトルを通じて私たちを取り巻く環境を体験させてくれる作品との出会いの場でもあります。またヒノキの香り、木村の彫刻作品と場が醸し出す空気も感じてることでしょう。それと同時に、すべての人に人間の体や絶滅の危機に瀕している野生動物たち、自然への理解を深めていただくという教育的な願いも込められています。バッティングセンターは、大人と子どもが楽しみ、学ぶための場です。そして何よりも、本展はアートの可能性に関する人々の既成概念をより自由で開かれたものにしたいと願っています。アートにもう一度チャンスを与えてみませんか? パンデミックや戦争という困難な状況下でも、人類は前進し、進歩しています。ハングリーさと好奇心を持ちつづけましょう。明るい未来はすぐそこまできている――私たちは、そう信じています。

会期中の8月24日(水)には、SYNONYMと名古屋市名東区を拠点に英語教育を展開する「サクラキッズインターナショナル」が共催する、小学生向けのアートワークショップが開催されます。彫刻家の木村充伯を講師に迎え、自分でアートを創る楽しさを子どもたちに体験していただきます。本イベントは、国際芸術祭「あいち2022」組織委員会とHémash株式会社の温かいご支援とご協力によって実現しました。


Exhibition Flyer / Exhibition Statement EN / Exhibition Statement JP



Exhibition

Floor plan & Curator’s Note

Venue



24 August 2022 Art Workshop

Leaflet / Sakura Kids International Special


10:00 – 12:00 Sakura Kids International

13:30 – 15:30 Sakura Kids International

16:00 – 18:00 Open



Related


GROWING SPACE: Process

GROWING SPACE: Workshop

Interview: Mitsunori Kimura

Interview: Luc Schol

Interview: Riko Yasumiya


Press

September 2022

LIVERARY バッティングセンターで現代アート展!?(web)

Outermost 木村充伯 Luc Schol (ルック・ショル) 安宮理子 バッティングららら緑店(名古屋)で現代美術展 7月30日-10月10日 (web)


October 2022

Chunichi Shimbun 中日新聞 名古屋のバッティングセンターに現代アートの空間 異色組み合わせで集客を(web)



Credit


Artist: Mitsunori Kimura 木村充伯, Luc Schol ルック・ショル & Riko Yasumiya 安宮理子
Curator キュレーター: Axel Wang アクセル・ワン @SYNONYM
Producer & Project Direction プロデュース &プロジェクトディレクション: Soichiro Kimura 木村宗一郎 @SYNONYM
Construction: Yamanobu Construction 山信建設
Graphic Design: Tracy Truong トレイシー・チュオン
Exhibition Partner: Aichi Triennale Organising Committee 国際芸術祭「あいち」組織委員会事務局
GROWING SPACE Partner: Hémash co.,Ltd エマッシュ
Workshop Partner: Sakura Kids International サクラキッズインターナショナル
Special Thanks: JILL D’ART GALLERY ジルダールギャラリー


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