Photo：Keizo Kioku
This installation created with items obtained in the “Great Clearance” utilized as “things/evidence” evolved from research into the “Aenokoto” (banquet ritual) and conversations with residents about their memories of soil. Two hybrid performances based on the concept “festival” of people and things occurred amidst the pandemic where the artists embodied the spirits of “ae”through stories of shared hope.
Art collective bacilli (former World Dirt Association) composed of Yoshitaka Nanjo, James Jack, and Shotaro Yoshino conducts artistic research in diverse places focused on underlying layers of land and memories that is nourished into works of art.
Major presentations include "Water and Land Niigata Art Festival 2015" (Niigata), "S.Y.P. Art Space 2016" (Tokyo), "Ichihara Art x Mix 2017" (Chiba), "Yame Remix 2017" (Fukuoka) and Setouchi Triennale 2022" (Kagawa) and “Plants & Walks 2023” PACT Zollverein (Germany).
Photo : Kenta Yoshizawa
2015
bacilli <Japan>
Soilstory (formerly World Dirt Association)〈Japan〉Installation artwork with video anditems collected in the “Great Clearance” based on traditional farming “Aenokoto” (banquet ritual) with local residents’ “soil memories.”
Yuki Okawa〈Japan〉
Using old kiriko and ropes made by braiding torn pieces of used clothing,
the artist created a plush forest-like space teeming with memories.
OBI〈Japan〉
By meticulously arranging a collection of countless utensils in a space reminiscent of a deep storehouse, this installation gives you a taste of Okunoto’s rich history and food culture.
Yoshitaka Nanjo〈Japan〉
Images projected onto a wooden boat and an old piano arranged on a layer of sand
dug up from Suzu’s ancient stratum —the afterglow of memories associated with land
and possessions bubbles up to the surface.
Saori Miyake〈Japan〉
This projected image installation was created by arranging old boat parts in a space superimposed by photographs and photograms of boats from the past and present.
Ayako Kuno〈Japan〉
Chips and cracks of battered old farming equipment enhanced with delicately sculpted metal objects evoke Suzu’s agricultural landscape that extended over many generations.
Masaya Hashimoto〈Japan〉
Clay collected from former roof tile factories and bones from whales that link together memories of the primeval sea invite you to recall Suzu’s pristine landscape that prevails today along with its history.
Photo：Keizo Kioku
