禅フォトギャラリーは、2月8日(金)から3月2日(土)まで、山縣勉写真展「観察 SURVEILLANCE」を開催いたします。2012年の「国士無双」、2016年の「涅槃の谷」に続く3回目の個展となる本展では、女性たちのプライベート空間を赤外線監視カメラで捉えた野心的な作品を発表します。モノクロ、カラーを含む23点を展示いたします。
彼女たちに興味を持ったのは、きっと自分が年をとったせいなのだろう。多くの20歳代の女性から感じる不可解な冷淡さと、同時にもつ大胆さ。彼女たちを覗いてみたい、解き明かしたいという欲望は、こうした方法を私にとらせた。
私はインターネットの掲示板や知人の紹介を通じて撮影に協力してくれる女性を探しはじめた。職業は OLや教師、美大生などさまざまで、会ってみると彼女たちは仕事や家族のことをよく話した。
趣旨を説明し、動体を検知すると自動的に撮影する赤外線監視カメラを女性たちに預けた。操作が不要で、音や光を発することなく撮影し、画像を確認する機能はない。彼女たちは自分の部屋でカメラを前に動き回った。撮影者はいない。カメラを回収するとき、彼女たちは私以上に撮られた写真に興味津々だった。まるで他人を覗き見るかのように。 - 山縣勉
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present Tsutomu Yamagata’s exhibition “SURVEILLANCE” from February 8 to March 2, his third solo exhibition at the gallery after “Thirteen Orphans” in 2012 and “Ten Disciples” in 2016. Yamagata continued to focus on the marginalized population in his new work “SURVEILLANCE”; This time, he focused on young women who are often subject to objectification. Completely setting aside the normal relationship between the photographer and the subject, the young women were automatically taken in their rooms. The exhibition will show a selection of 23 pieces of black and white and colour works.
Since I have gotten older, I have become curious about the lives of women in their 20s. For some reasons I find many of them quite cold and daring. In this work, I have looked into their lives in order to find out what is behind their charm and mystery.
I began searching for collaborators for the project through online bulletin boards and acquaintances. We met up to discuss about the project. Coming from different backgrounds, office workers, teachers, art students, and so on, they would tell me a lot of things about their work and family.
After explaining the concept of this project, I passed to them an infrared trail camera that was originally designed to monitor animals. The camera does not need any form of operation - it automatically captures without emitting any sound or light when it detects movements. Pictures taken cannot be reviewed with the camera. The participants moved around freely in their rooms in the presence of the camera. No photographer was present. When they returned the camera to me, they seemed to be more curious about the results than I was, as if they were peeking into the lives of other people. - Tsutomu Yamagata
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