(Video, 10min 2023~)
もう使われていない体育館。袋に詰められているのは古いVHSの磁気テープ。世界を確かめるように、自分を確かめるように、広大な空間でただ一人孤独にVHSを分解し続ける。
テクノロジーが発達し、膨大かつ多種多様な情報とそのノイズが激流のようにあふれ、身体という感覚が薄まり続ける現代。世界と、ものと、身体と、そして記憶のつながりを確認しなくては、自分がどこにも存在していないかのような恐怖を男は強く感じていた。そのことを彼は記憶の詰まったカプセルのようなVHSを分解することで確認していた。
やがて不安はエスカレートし、行為は加速する。世界と、ものと、身体と、記憶とをより密接に結びつけようと磁気テープを体に巻き付け、混ぜ合わせながらもがき苦しむ。過去の記憶と溶け合うように、過去の記憶に囚われるように。
最後にはあらゆる記憶はけ合い、海にたどり着く。歩みはまだ続いていく。何かを思い出すことはできるだろうか。
Gymnasium no longer in use. Packed in a bag are old VHS magnetic tapes. The man continues to disassemble the VHS tapes alone in the vast space, as if he were checking the world or checking himself.
Today, with the development of technology, we are inundated with an enormous amount of diverse information and its noise like a torrent, and the sense of the body continues to fade away. The man feels a strong sense of fear, as if he does not exist anywhere unless he confirms the connection between the world, things, his body, and his memories. He confirmed this by disassembling the VHS, which was like a capsule full of memories.
Soon the man’s anxiety escalated and the act accelerated. He struggles as he wraps and mixes magnetic tapes around his body, trying to connect more closely with the world, with things, with his body, and with his memories. As if melting with the memories of the past, he is trapped by the memories of the past.
In the end, all memories merge and the man reaches the sea. The steps still continue. Could he remember anything?
Direction : Masahiro Sekiya
Performance : Teruki Okamoto
Production : Room Kids
