2017/2021
3チャンネルビデオ（12分34秒、12分03秒、 9分22秒）、台湾の糸、布
Video installation
(three-channel video, Taiwan thread and fabric)
12min 34sec, 12min 03sec, 9min 22sec.

世代の異なる3名の台湾出身の方に話を聞いた映像と、各々の直筆から起こした3つの刺繍からなる作品。
日本や中国国民党による統治など、複雑な歴史を歩んできた台湾で生きる彼らの個人的経験や、個人的思いについて話を聞いた。
数年にわたり台湾の幅広い世代の方々と関わる中で、印象に残ったものの一つに「うた」がある。娯楽のためのうた、教育としてのうた、自分や仲間を鼓舞するためのうた。それは楽しい記憶を呼び起こすものでもあり、忘れたくても記憶から消去できないものでもあった。

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台湾の異なる世代の人々へのインタビューを通して、日清戦争以降 50 年に及んだ日本統治時代の影響を含む、国家の形成や歴史における複層的な解釈を、個々人の物語、記憶、価値観、意識などから掘り下げる試み。取材時のメモを題材にした刺繍は、糸の集積が言葉の複層的な意味や縫い付けられた行為や癖などを連想させる。
── 片岡真実『ULTRA GLOBAL AWARD 2017 新しい泉のための錬金術 ─ 作ることと作らないこと』

This work is composed of videos about three people of different generations in Taiwan and embroideries made from their handwriting.
Taiwan has had a complicated history, including rules by Japan and the Chinese Nationalist Party. I heard their personal stories and what they think now.
“Song” is one of the things that impressed me while I interacted with many Taiwanese of various generations in several works over the years. Songs for entertainment, songs for education, and songs for inspiring themselves and their friends. That brings back good memories, and also that couldn’t be erased from people’s memory even if they want to forget them.

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Through interviews on people of differing generations in Taiwan, this work is an attempt to investigate the various layers of interpretation of history and nation building, including Japanese rule after the First Sino-Japanese War for 50 years, through individual stories, memories, values, and consciousness. The notes taken during the interviews are embroidered, and the accumulation of thread reflects the layer of meaning found in words and sewed actions and patterns.
— Mami Kataoka, “Ultra Global Award 2017 Alchemy for New Fountains — making and not making”