Please visit new official web site of "Self Select in Nairobi"
You can see Yoshinari Nishio doing public performance in Nairobi town. March, 2009.
http://selfselect.wetpaint.com/
2010/05/01
2009/02/04
Artist's profile
Yoshinari NISHIO was born in Nara, Japan, 1982. He has been studying Inter Media Art at Graduate School of Fine Arts, Ph.D. courses, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He is also working as research fellow at both the Human Innovation Research Center (HiRC), Aoyama Gakuin University and the Studio for Heuristic Learning Environments ( Heu-Le).
As for main solo-exhibition, Yoshinari NISHIO (The Kyoto Costume Institute KCI Gallery, Japan, 2006), Self Select (Gallery Cesar Harada, France, 2007). As for main group-exhibition, Media City Seoul 2006 (Seoul City Museum, Korea, 2006), IDEAL Forum (Café Moskau, Germany, 2008), Happiness In Everyday Life (Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Japan, 2008). As for award, Good Design Award (2006, 2008 in Japan), Kids Design Award (2007 in Japan), Japan-EU Design Competition Semi-Grand Prix (2008), etc. His work book “YOSHINARI NISHIO Fashionscape” (fabre8710, 2006) in print now.
What's "Self Select in Nairobi" ?
①Background
Self Select project was started in Paris (France), 2007, by Japanese contemporary artist, Yoshinari NISHIO, whose works have consistently related to communication through behaviour of dressing themselves.
His first visit to Paris opened his eyes to the intermingled various types of people dressed in different cultures and personalities. It is natural there to communicate each other through same language. Rather than clothing, the change of language seemed to be easier for the Parisian. For the peculiar costume to a certain group plays an important role as a criterion to distinguish “us” from “them”.
His interest in communication among people dressed differently in the city was evolved to his original performance of exchanging costumes with one another, communicating their own culture and personality through costumes, and realizing the potential to bridge the gap between people. Afterwards he came to think this project as his lifework and decided to conduct it in the next city, Nairobi.
②Objectives
・To research on the behaviour of dressing themselves by people in Nairobi
・To research on the situation of artistic activities, especially contemporary art, in Kenya
・To collaborate with Kenyan people who are interested in the arts, in course of producing exposition
③Methods
1. The artist conducts his performance of exchanging clothes with pedestrians at streets in Nairobi.
2. Japanese and Kenyan staffs shoot his performance by some cameras.
3. Staffs have some interview with pedestrians who exchanged clothes on their story of clothes.
4. All pedestrians who exchanged clothes with the artist are assembled at the exposition which takes a place at the last day. The exposition is composed of movies, photos, sounds and so on.
④Details
・Project terms : 12 to 19, March, 2009
・Date of exposition : 19, March, 2009
・Project areas : Nairobi
・Project staff : 4 Japanese and 4 Kenyan
・Contacts in Kenya : +254-728-387346 (coordinator: Sakiko SONE)
Self Select project was started in Paris (France), 2007, by Japanese contemporary artist, Yoshinari NISHIO, whose works have consistently related to communication through behaviour of dressing themselves.
His first visit to Paris opened his eyes to the intermingled various types of people dressed in different cultures and personalities. It is natural there to communicate each other through same language. Rather than clothing, the change of language seemed to be easier for the Parisian. For the peculiar costume to a certain group plays an important role as a criterion to distinguish “us” from “them”.
His interest in communication among people dressed differently in the city was evolved to his original performance of exchanging costumes with one another, communicating their own culture and personality through costumes, and realizing the potential to bridge the gap between people. Afterwards he came to think this project as his lifework and decided to conduct it in the next city, Nairobi.
②Objectives
・To research on the behaviour of dressing themselves by people in Nairobi
・To research on the situation of artistic activities, especially contemporary art, in Kenya
・To collaborate with Kenyan people who are interested in the arts, in course of producing exposition
③Methods
1. The artist conducts his performance of exchanging clothes with pedestrians at streets in Nairobi.
2. Japanese and Kenyan staffs shoot his performance by some cameras.
3. Staffs have some interview with pedestrians who exchanged clothes on their story of clothes.
4. All pedestrians who exchanged clothes with the artist are assembled at the exposition which takes a place at the last day. The exposition is composed of movies, photos, sounds and so on.
④Details
・Project terms : 12 to 19, March, 2009
・Date of exposition : 19, March, 2009
・Project areas : Nairobi
・Project staff : 4 Japanese and 4 Kenyan
・Contacts in Kenya : +254-728-387346 (coordinator: Sakiko SONE)
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