Reflection as a oppotunity.

PART 2

Performance_ Different world?! Idealistic?! Part of real world?!

Does performance have to be idealistic? Can performance be idealistic? It quite depends on how to define the word ‘Idealistic’. In my opinion, it does not always follow the word ‘Utopia’ but I would say that Utopia can be a part of Idealistic, which I would define as what we want to be rather than what we have to be therefore it can be diverse to different people.

For the way to be idealistic, what can we do? There is nobody who can attain your dream, there is only yourself. However, giving opportunities is not that difficult actually that is what I am trying to do at the moment by making installations.

What do people think about them when they see the reflection of them on surfaces such as mirror, water, window, and so on. Some people just see their faces or their bodies exactly the same as they really are and some people see parts of them in the way of dreaming.

Mirror – People want to be prettier or better on mirror. Mirror reflects people exactly like them and also reflect their dream, which people usually have inside of their mind so that they can see what they want.

Water – Water also reflects the real shapes of objects but as soon as a water drop fall into the water, the reflected shapes of the objects are distorted and then the shapes become to the real shapes again as time goes by.

For that reason, I am looking at materials which can reflect the shapes of people and also encourage people to have many questions about themselves within these kinds of elements. In addition, if there are space and time limitation as contexts, the consequences of these works are more significance.


So What?!

I’m thinking about an installation like the picture beside. It doesn’t really matter how it looks like at the moment but as I’m thinking about company buildings as a place of placing my work, this kind of structure would be a good start because we can see stairs quite easily in these kinds of buildings and it also does fit to my theme of continuity nicely.

When I thought about the idea of giving people opportunity to be idealistic, I was thinking who really needs something idealistic in everyday lives mostly. Then I came up with people in company building, who actually do the same jobs everyday and get bored quite easily. In that context, an installation, which can give the people opportunities to look at their dream or ideal worlds, has significant meanings.

Meet a place with opportunities to look at what they want but not in a completely different place from where they live or work…