岡本明才Meisai Okamoto
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Group Exhibition / 2009

Self-sufficient Art

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima

Photographs of an apartment building covering a curved wall, with a bench on the floor
Installation Views / 2009 / 01Photographs of an apartment building covering a curved wall, with a bench on the floor
Visitors standing in front of the wall of photographs
Installation Views / 2009 / 02Visitors standing in front of the wall of photographs

TEXT

About the work shown

To photograph the face of the Sawada Mansion, I built a scanner four metres long.

The rig was suspended on ropes and moved along the building, scanning the whole apartment block into a single photograph five metres by ten.

From the artist’s own account

PRODUCTION

Production Scenes

The building with its “Sawada Mansion” sign and the wooden camera rig suspended on ropes
Production Scenes / 2009 / 01The building with its “Sawada Mansion” sign and the wooden camera rig suspended on ropes
Two people on a balcony steadying the wooden rig hung on green ropes
Production Scenes / 2009 / 02Two people on a balcony steadying the wooden rig hung on green ropes
The rig being lowered along the facade while someone photographs from a lower floor
Production Scenes / 2009 / 03The rig being lowered along the facade while someone photographs from a lower floor
Three people working the rig from different floors
Production Scenes / 2009 / 04Three people working the rig from different floors
The scanner rig — a camera mounted on a wooden arm — suspended on green ropes beside the building
Production Scenes / 2009 / 05The scanner rig — a camera mounted on a wooden arm — suspended on green ropes beside the building
Three people handling the ropes and the rig on the roof
Production Scenes / 2009 / 06Three people handling the ropes and the rig on the roof

REVIEWS & COVERAGE

Reviews & coverage

External articles and exhibition records. The descriptions below are summaries by this website.

  • Official exhibition record · 広島市現代美術館 · Japanese

    一人快芸術

    The museum’s record of the 2009–2010 exhibition, naming Okamoto among the participating artists, with its concept, dates and installation views.

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