We had a debrief session of TAP and Paris Photo and some of the members showed their new artworks
TAP参加報告とパリフォト視察報告、作品発表を行いました。
November 24th, 2018 / 2018年11月24日
From November 9th to 12th, we joined Taipei Art Photo for the first time. It was our first challenge to sell our artworks. We had a debrief session of it and talked about the agenda for next year.
Some members of SAMURAI FOTO visited Paris Photo and saw the satellite events of it. They talked about the current photography market in Paris.
Furthermore, some members, including newcomer, showed their new artworks. One of the members will have a solo photo exhibition, and asked for some advice for the way of presentment. So, we shared each member’s thoughts on it.
11月9～12日にギャラリーとして初参加したTaipei Art Photoの結果報告と、来年に向けての課題の検討を行いました。また、SAMURAI FOTOメンバーが視察してきたパリフォトやそのサテライトイベント、パリのギャラリーでの展示などを通して、今年のパリの写真事情を発表してもらいました。また、会員による新しいプロジェクトの作品発表や、国内での個展開催予定者からの作品展示方法の相談を受けて意見交換を行いました。
A report on Taipei Art Photo
(Setsuko Kanie, Hiroaki Hasumi, Koji Sasaki, Motoko Sato and Shigeru Yoshida)
Taipei Art Photo 報告
(蟹江節子、蓮見浩明、佐々木浩二、佐藤素子、吉田繁)
Kanie talked about our first challenge for TAP2018. She told about her impression of age-group of visitors and the taste of Taiwanese for art.
ギャラリーとして初参加したTAP2018とはどんなアートフェアで、来場者の年齢層や台湾ではどのような作品が好まれるのかなど、総括的な感想を蟹江さんが発表しました。
We collaborated with Mr. Tsen’s studio in Taipei on making artworks. Thanks to his help, we succeeded in making a cultural bridge with Taiwan, said Kanie.
蟹江さんからは「台北にあるTsenさんの光影手暗房工作室との共同で出展。Tsenさんには作品制作からフレームなど、さまざまな面で協力していただき、目標だった台湾との架け橋をつくれた」と説明があった。
Hasumi showed and explained about some artworks in another booth. He told us good points and bad points of our exhibition there. Moreover, he talked about the measures for next year’s exhibition.
蓮見さんからはほかのブースの出展作品を見せていただきながら、SAMURAIの今年の良かった点と反省点、さらには来年に向けての対策を語ってもらいました。
We had talk event at TAP. This is the short movie which Hasumi showed the audience at the talk event. Showing short movie was effective way to make people understand many things in short time.
TAPではトークイベントもありました。こちらは蓮見さんがスピーチのときに見せた撮影と現像についての動画。動画は短い時間で多くのことを伝えられるので評判がよかったそうだ
Movie
Sasaki’s photo books in the paulownia box were all sold out. During TAP, he was suggested to hold his photo exhibition in Taipei. So, he went to see some potential locations and had a meeting for the exhibition. He was surprised to get such an unexpected opportunity.
桐箱入りのPhoto Bookが完売した佐々木さんは、TAP開催期間中に台北での写真展開催を誘われ、その候補会場にも足を運び、打ち合わせをしました。予期せぬ大きな収穫があり、ご自身も驚いたという。
A Taiwanese woman photographer put up her booth next to us. Sasaki was surprised to see her because he had seen her artworks in Japan. Photographers in Taiwan were with full of ideas and many of them were unique and stimulative.
日本の展示会で作品を見たことのある台湾の女性写真家が今回、隣のブースで出展していて驚いたという佐々木さん。TAPに出展していた台湾アーティストたちの発想は唯一無二のものが多く、刺激的だった。
Sato, whose artworks were also sold there, said she was happy to have a good communication with people in Taiwan. They once saw the photograph, the understood the concept of the photography.
プリント3点と写真集が売れた佐藤さんは「台湾の方々には作品を見ただけで自分のコンセプトが伝わっていて、お互いにそれについて話し合えたことが嬉しかった」という。
She made her photo books in Japanese bookbinding style and all of them were sold out. She showed her obsession with the photo book and explained the details of it.
完売した和綴じの写真集は表紙のプリントからすべて手づくりだったという佐藤さん。どういう点にこだわって制作したのかを細かく説明してもらった。
Thanks to Yoshida, our participation in TAP became a reality. He organized everything from planning to arrangements. He also worked for the incentive allocation.
今回のTAP参加の発案から企画、Tsenさんとの協力体制、作品搬入、通訳の手配などすべてをやってくれた吉田先生。販売した作品価格のインセンティブの割り振りなど、細かい作業もやっていただいた。
A report on Paris Photo
パリフォト報告(千代田路子)
Chiyoda, who has been to see Paris Photo over the past years, talked about a trend of the photography of the year. There were many artworks which reflected on social issues such as problems of terrorism and refugees.
ここ数年続けてパリフォトを訪れている千代田さんからは今年の動向を教えていただいた。テロや難民、社会問題などを反映したものが目立ったそうだ。
With the winners of the Editors’ Photo Award ZOOMS JAPAN, Chiyoda visited many other exhibitions. She shared how she felt and her thought with us.
日本とフランスが協力して行う写真賞ZOOMSの受賞者とともに、Salon de la Photoのほか、様々な展示会にも足を運んだ千代田さんはそれらの感想も発表。
This is the artwork of Laura Henno. Chiyoda got so much impression from this when she saw it in Galerie Les Filles du Calvarie.
千代田さんが印象に残ったというGalerie Les Filles du Calvaireに飾られていたLaura Hennoさんの作品。
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作品発表(川内直也、村田光司、数井星司、千代田路子)
This is Kawauchi’s first challenge for the photo project. He brought his photographs that he had taken before. We exchanged opinions with each other and Kawauchi compiled ideas for the shoot theme.
初めてのプロジェクトづくりに挑戦中の川内さんはこれまでに撮り溜めたものを持参。ここからどのようにまとめていくかメンバーの意見を聞きました。
Murata has learned through tries and errors on his project for more than one year. He sprayed gold or silver over the photo paper and printed the photographs on them. While taking time and effort, they became stately artworks.
一年以上かけて試行錯誤を続けてきた村田さんの作品。金または銀をスプレーした上にプリントしている。時間と手間をかけただけにとても重厚な作品に仕上がっていた。
The structure is also great. Moreover, every fine petal was well expressed without being blurred in the photograph of cherry tree. We felt Murata’s obsession for creating artworks.
構図も見事だが、桜の作品はと細かい花びらの一枚一枚まで潰れることなく表現されていて、作家の執念が感じられた。
Kazui who are living in Hokkaido showed his two projects. As he has just started taking photographs, he asked advice on his concept. We gave some advice for his direction.
北海道在住の数井さんは撮影を開始したばかりだという2つ目のプロジェクトを発表。どういうコンセプトでこれからまとめていくかを相談しました。
This is one of Kazui’s photographs. His photography motif was Ainu people. We have a good feeling about the project. It can convey Japanese traditional culture.
数井さん撮影の一枚。日本の先住民族アイヌがモチーフになっている。日本の伝統文化を伝えるいいプロジェクトになる予感がした。
Chiyoda will have the solo exhibition in January. She asked some advice for it. To suit her artworks with story nature, the way of presentment and the photo size was finally decided.
来年1月に個展を控えた千代田さんは展示するプリントのサイズや展示方法について意見を求めました。物語性の高い作品に似合う展示に決められました。
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