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イスタンブール・06
イスタンブール、おまけ
肝心のビエンナーレのことをさわりだけ書きます。
第9回である今年のコンセプトは「Istanbul」。
東西の出会う場所というイマージナルな意味でのイスタンブールと、現存する街として様々な問題を抱えたまま変化のただ中にあるイスタンブール両方の意味からだそうで、それゆえ出品作家のセレクションは、イスタンブールに意識的に留まり現代美術を制作するイスタンブール在住作家を中心に、そういう観点をもって制作をしているイスタンブール在外、または外国人作家数名が選ばれています。
キュレイターはCharles EscheとVasif Kortun両氏。 Charles Escheは昨年までのライクスのアドヴァイザーです。
前述のこともあって、いわゆる国際展でよく見られるような、作家の名前やブランドを感じさせる、よくいえば洗練された、悪くいえばスリリングでない現代美術作品、というものは少なかったです。無記名の未完成っぽい、でもこの混沌のなかで独自に居場所を探そうとしているかんじの好感の持てる作品が多く、私はとても楽しめました。
中にはその未完成っぽく見えるところを「スクールショーみたい」と評する人もいましたが、各作品ともその必然性を持っているため作品として成立して見えたし、スクールショーには見えなかったけどなあ〜。
あと戦争や大量消費への批判がダイレクトに表現されている作品も多かったので、「アートとしての、あるビジョンをもっと見たい」と言う人もいました。
私はそのビジョンそのものへの不信感をも含めて見せているショーだと思ったのでそこは不満に思いませんでした。
http://www.iksv.org/bienal/
気になった作家の名を挙げたいのですが、カタログが今手元にないので後日アップします。
ちなみにこのビエンナーレ、ライクスの1年目、エジプト人のHala Elkoussyちゃんも出品作家の一人です。ワオー!
豚がスケートしてるところ。
Pigs, skating.
Istanbul #6
Istanbul: Post Script
I’d like to write a little about our main objective – the Biennale.
The concept for this 9th Biennale was ‘Istanbul’ – Istanbul as an imaginal city where the East and the West meets, and Istanbul as a substantial city in the midst of changes and real problems. The works on the exhibitions were mainly by artists who live and work in Istanbul; but there were also works by artists from outside Istanbul which have the similar approaches to their environment.
The curators of the Biennale were Charles Esche and Vasif Kortun. Charles Esche was one of the advisors at Rijks till last year.
Because of its focus on the local artists (I mentioned above), there were less works by ‘big names,’ which are usually more sophisticated but less thrilling. Instead, there were lots of works that are kind of anonymous and unfinished, still struggling to find their ‘home’ – I liked these works a lot. I really enjoyed the show.
Because of its ‘unfinished’ quality, some commented that it looked a bit like a school show; but for me, all the works were there as they were by necessity, not by accident. It was not at all like a school show for me... hummmm.
Quite a few works were directly about political or social issues, such as mass-consumerism, or wars. One of the comment I heard was ‘I want to see more of their visions as artists.’
I did not really agree with this point either, as I thought that this show is partly a criticism of lack of political or social commitment in artists’ activities.
http://www.iksv.org/bienal/
I will put some names of the artists whose works caught my attention – when I have the catalogue with me.
By the way, Hala-chan, the first-year resident artist from Egypt at Rijks, was one of the participants in the Biennale. Wow!
October 19, 2005 2:33 AM