Kiyoshiro Tatekawa
“ When Photography Approaches Itself ”
2020Excellence Award
ARTIST STATEMENT
When Photography Approaches Itself
This work meditates on the relationship between photos and moving images and seeks to answer the question: What is photography? To provoke a transformation in visual sensations, I used video to convert photos into moving images and converted moving images into photos. I added sound to trigger changes in auditory sensations too. Through this experiment, I elicited the differences and similarities between photos and moving images and deliberated on the true nature of photography.
By stopping time, photography has made time visible, made us aware of the ordinariness of time, and revolutionized preconceptions about time. The world stands frozen in photos. The suspension of time, which should always be flowing, fills us with discomfort and wonder. This is the true nature of photography. “When photography approaches itself” refers to the moment of that wonder.
Entries form: Book (A4 portrait), video (30:00)
Selecting judge: Yuki Onodera
This work is a commentary on photography as a medium and turns the commentary into a work of art. The work considers the proposition “what is photography?” that emerges while crossing and re-crossing, and loitering on, the boundary between photography and video. I have high expectations for this artist because of the detachment with which the work was created.
This movie with little variation and almost no movement still has a stickiness that makes us take notice. Its profundity flows from a peculiar oddness and eeriness. The only thing that bothers me is the title. Using the subject or your objective as the title is a no-go. I would have preferred an abstract title.
PROFILE
Kiyoshiro Tatekawa
| Resident of Tokyo |
Solo exhibitions
| 2013 | “Cage” |
| 2014 | “Cage II” |
| 2015 | “Cage III” |
Group exhibitions
| 2015 to 2018 | Strato Fotografico Vol. 17, Vol. 18, and Vol. 19 |
| 2019 | “New Cosmos of Photography 2019” |
| 2020 | “New Cosmos of Photography 2020” |
Solo film exhibition
| From 2020 | “First Three-Year Plan: Tatekawa Kiyoshiro film collection” (to be held monthly from July 2020 to July 2023) |
Group film exhibitions
| 2020 | “material zone 1 and 2” “Film and the Setting Sun” |
2020Excellence Award