performance/ 2000
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The invitation
card which imitates a parking violation ticket says "legal"
parking instead of "ilegal". The gallery space turned to as
if a secretive base for the guarding organization that protects parked
cars on the street from police force. The members, after well coordinated
practice training, go out to the streets to complete their mission. The
mission is also necessary to keep the artwork (a video display showing
policemen writing parking tickets and a figure looking at such video display
are installed on top of a pick-up truck) on the street in front of the
gallery. The pick-up truck is moved before the legally permitted 60-minute
expires for the street parking, and is back to the same parking space
after going around the corner a few times. This process is repeated again
and again. The invitation card; the LED-bulletin-board counting the seconds
to the next exercise; the uniforms and certificates of the members; the
video display showing their activities are well calculated details of
the exhibit that made this thrilling joke look serious (could even be
a real business). It also dynamically linked the gallery, a fantastic
space, and the reality in a familiar city. By the time the exhibit ends,
the exhibit was already well known in the neighborhood (and by local police),
and made certain success in reaching ordinary pedestrian who are not into
art. It is a waste if his exhibit simply ends as a sarcastic and funny
social joke. It will be expected to Masuyama, with his vitality, to explore
further what sort of value (i.e. art) can be generated after reaching
people. |
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