​Hiroki Kaimoto ｜開元 宏樹

本作品は2つのインスタレーションが対峙的に配置された空間で構成された作品である．テクノロジカルな行為とプリミティブな行為に共通で”始末”という観点を見出し，素材への対峙の姿勢を作品として昇華させることに取り組んだ．

入り口から入って右側の作品は，火焔式土器の形状を用いた3Dプリントオブジェクトで構成されたインスタレーション作品である．火焔式土器の形状を拡大・縮小・改変させ，形状の再解釈に取り組んだオブジェクト群からなる．作家は，土器の形状の様々な編集や3Dプリントを通して，形状の改変から集落模型とランプシェード，副産物のサポート材から森と貝塚など様々なスケールでの火焔式土器の再解釈を行なった．

入り口から入って左側の作品は，狩猟で得られたキョンとイノシシの皮から得た革と頭骨をプロセスで用いた道具とともにインスタレーションとして構成した作品．キョンとイノシシの頭部の皮を剥ぎ，肉のついた頭部を１晩かけて煮込み，脱脂などの作業を経て頭骨とした．また，皮は肉を削ぎ落とし，ミョウバンなめしの容量で革にしていった．

素材をいかに始末するかという点を行為の共通性として取り上げ，2つのインスタレーションを対峙的に構成した．

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This work consists of two installations placed in a confrontational arrangement within a single space. It explores the commonality of "Shimatsu - honor the material by using it fully" between technological and primitive actions, striving to elevate the confrontational stance toward materials into a work of art.

The installation on the right is made up of 3D-printed objects that take the shape of "Kaen-shiki-doki (flame-patterned pottery)". It's a group of objects that have been changed in scale and modified shape to reinterpret the form of the "Kaen-shiki-doki (flame-patterned pottery)". The artist reinterpreted the "Kaen-shiki-doki (flame-patterned pottery)" across various scales—from settlement models and lampshades created through shape modifications of diverse pottery forms and 3D printing, to forests and shell mounds formed from the support materials of byproducts.

The work on the left is an installation made of leather and skulls with tools used in the process. The leather comes from Chinese muntjac ****and wild boar that were hunted. The skin was removed from the heads of the Chinese muntjac and wild boar. The heads with flesh attached were simmered overnight. After being degreased, they were turned into skulls. The hides were stripped of flesh and tanned using alum tanning to create leather.

The commonality of the actions involved in how the materials were processed was highlighted, and the two installations were arranged in a confrontational manner.