7/27（日）、日米芸術家交換プログラムフェローのAndrea Myers（アンドレア・マイヤーズ）と小林万里子によるアーティストトークイベントが川口市立ギャラリー・アトリアにて開催されました！
マイヤーズ氏は今年1月に来日し、コラボレーターの小林氏と共に、夢洲に生息する絶滅危惧種の鳥類たちに焦点を当てた共同制作を行いました。日米のテキスタイルアーティストの視点が交わり、環境と命をつなぐパノラマアート作品「前兆：沈黙の春を超えて」は現在、大阪・関西万博米国パビリオンVIPエリア内にて展示中です。
トークイベントでは、それぞれの制作のテーマや素材へのこだわり、作品を通して伝えたいことから、共同制作の背景についてまで幅広く語りました。前日に開催されたワークショップ『身近な廃材を使ってテキスタイルアートをつくろう」についても紹介しています。ダイジェストでお楽しみください！
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企画展『Collecting a Sky -風景を渡る糸』
主催・会場：川口市立アートギャラリー・アトリア
共催：日米友好基金 公益財団法人国際文化会館
助成：野村財団
https://atlia.jp/exhibition-event/exhibition/5993/
2025 日米芸術家交換プログラム 公式ウェブサイト：
https://www.nichibei-artists.org/
#国際交流 #アート #テキスタイルアート #osakaexpo2025 #USJapan #crosstalk
As we were working, drawing became our shared language. So we can’t communicate directly with language. So, Ah! Look at my sketchbook, and we can just draw and exchange ideas that way. We had a plan that we started with. But as we were working and also as I was experiencing Japan, and living here, and having inspirations for my day-to-day, the piece was changing and growing alongside of us. We ultimately wanted to express a feeling of optimism. So it was the piece has a kind of orientation that it’s dark, turning to light. And I remember early in the piece, I think Mariko said to me, “There’s not enough joy.” So we worked to bring the light into the piece. Among migratory birds, there are black crows. Initially, we were aiming for hope. But then we talked about how birds bring not only hope. Sometimes also ominous things like plagues. The world seems to be heading in a positive direction, but it isn’t. Our days are more interwined. By including not only hope but also such ominous elements, we expressed the chaos of the world. Birds could convey multiple messages. We decided to be more explicit about what birds carry, by adding more elements. Through our collaboration, the way I would have done things alone continuously changed. That goes for both of us. When things take an unexpected turn,
it puts me in a difficult situation. Putting a crow here? I was not sure. But that’s how I would do it. Not Andrea. I needed to interpret her opinion, incorporate it,
and consider the world that can be created. It felt like I had discovered a new trail
and reached a summit I had never seen before. Such an experience is not something
you can easily have in everyday life. Same with our workshop. By using different parts from the same table, we encounter something we wouldn’t have done oursevlves, opening up possibilities for our next path. So we had participants experience that in the workshop. I think it went well!