Photo：Keizo Kioku
Okura Zarae collected many household items, including red lacquerware trays used for Yobare, an old Suzu custom. These relics, over time, have drifted to the museum. It’s an installation where you can experience the history and food culture of Okunoto through a collection of various tools arranged as though you were going through a vast storehouse.
An art unit that includes art, architecture, and video. Through fieldwork, the group focuses on the opaque existence and materials in a familiar environment and engage in artistic activities that connect culture and society.
[Past Activities]
’20: Tsukinoyoru & Screening. ‘19: An exchange project between Orleans, France and Minami Ward, Niigata City. ’18: Winner of Rokko Meets Art Grand Prix. ’17: Mizutotsuchi Art Festival’s Tsukigata Art Project, the same year OBI was established.
[members]
Yasuto Suzuki, artist
Tomomi Homma, architect
Yusuke Mizuno, videographer
2018
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
