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Hinata Okazaki Exhibition
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Hinata Okazaki
Akane Shirai won the Grand Prize in the 24th “1_WALL” Photography Competition for “Connections,” a double video presentation featuring two families: her own family and the Tako family, the family of her mentor during high school days. “Connections” evolved out of Shirai’s question, dating back to her childhood, of what makes a family. Her films of the Shirai and Tako families ran simultaneously on two monitors placed side by side, with their respective soundtracks playing from speakers set to the left and right. The judges gave high marks to the way Shirai, while focusing on two ordinary families of the kind found anywhere, portrayed the ambivalence between the connections and constraints inherent in every family’s existence.
For her solo exhibition, Shirai filmed the gradual changes that took place in the Shirai and Tako families since she won her Grand Prize. This time her video presentations, reconfigured from her earlier work, will be shown simultaneously on two screens of larger size. Altogether, she filmed over approximately two years, her Shirai family vignettes including eating dinner with her grandmother and tending flowers in the garden; and the Tako family is seen leaving home to visit a cemetery, chatting with a visiting friend, lying in bed, and so on. Shirai portrays the dual facets of the family unit: the peace of mind derived from its emotional support, and the compromised freedom stemming from familial ties and obligations.
Visitors are warmly invited to come and see how Akane Shirai has evolved and developed in the year since she won her Grand Prize. A talk event will be held on Friday, November 11 with Shirai welcoming curator Masashi Kohara as her guest.
For her solo exhibition, Shirai filmed the gradual changes that took place in the Shirai and Tako families since she won her Grand Prize. This time her video presentations, reconfigured from her earlier work, will be shown simultaneously on two screens of larger size. Altogether, she filmed over approximately two years, her Shirai family vignettes including eating dinner with her grandmother and tending flowers in the garden; and the Tako family is seen leaving home to visit a cemetery, chatting with a visiting friend, lying in bed, and so on. Shirai portrays the dual facets of the family unit: the peace of mind derived from its emotional support, and the compromised freedom stemming from familial ties and obligations.
Visitors are warmly invited to come and see how Akane Shirai has evolved and developed in the year since she won her Grand Prize. A talk event will be held on Friday, November 11 with Shirai welcoming curator Masashi Kohara as her guest.
Schedule | May 23 (Tue) 2023-Jun 24 (Sat) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://rcc.recruit.co.jp/gg/exhibition/ph25-hinata-okazaki/ph25-hinata-okazaki.html?lang=en | ||||
| Venue | Guardian Garden http://rcc.recruit.co.jp/gg/en | ||||
| Location | B1F Hulic Ginza 7chome Bldg., 7-3-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8227 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit C2 at Ginza Station on the Ginza, Marunouchi and Hibiya lines. 5 minute walk from the Ginza exit of Shimbashi Station on the JR Yamanote and Keihin Tohoku lines or Ginza line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5568-8818 | ||||
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