During the state of emergency brought on by coronavirus, sales of handicraft supplies apparently grew as many people looked for ways to enjoy themselves at home. Many people probably still make their own masks. More than the fact that masks are essential, it could be that people’s urge to create something themselves concealed a desire to experience touch by way of the raw materials of handicraft as contact with others became difficult. What we can refer to as the everyday handicrafts engaged in by people at home were also engaged in by people during the Settlement Movement that we looked at in #06. While being on the one hand a creative act, handicraft seen from a different viewpoint is also something that tends to be divided into art or handicraft, depending on the gender of the creator. Our guests for this session will be Yui Usui, who uses the example of handicraft works for her multi-angled examination of the domestic work carried out by women; and Asa Ito, the author of the “tactile philosophy” work “Te no rinri” (“Hand Ethics”) who also learned embroidery at a Paris atelier.
Our two guests bring their practical experience to bear in a discussion on the joy of everyday handicrafts, and the unseen labor structure in the home.

Guests: Yui Usui (artist), Asa Ito (Associate Professor, Liberal Arts Institule of Research and Education,Tokyo Institute of Technology)

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