INERTIA
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- The Rotators Production Committee
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY26 Term I Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program]
Business Overview
This is a "performance" that further develops the "The Rotators" project that Ujino has been working on since 2004, mainly in the field of art, and integrates expressions that deal with time and space into a stage work performed at a theater. A tool to expand human abilities = Machine theater centered on "sound sculpture," where motor equipment that "dances" beyond human power (sometimes with fear) and the pleasure of techno sound by machine sound coexist. Against the background of the consumer society in Japan in the late 20 century, which formed the artist's identity, The Rotators refers to Western "contemporary art" that began in the early 20 century with the question of "how individuals should face the industrializing world," and dismantles/reconstructs the cultural context and technology of industrial products in the current globalized, post-industrial society in a unique way. The word "inertia" in the title refers to the inertia of the force that causes the motor to rotate.
- implementation period
- Saturday, December 13, 2014 -14 (Sun)
- Place of implementation
- Asahi Art Square (Sumida Ward, Tokyo)
Profile
[Ujino Muneki]
Born in Tokyo in 1964. He graduated from the Department of Crafts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. As part of his "research on material civilization" in a mass consumer society through art, he has released sound sculptures such as "Love Arm," which uses electric decorations and electric drills, and "The Rotators," which is a unique composition of industrial products such as record players and home appliances. They hold exhibitions and live performances at museums and galleries in Japan and overseas.
Solo exhibitions:
2013 POP/LIFE, Chokoku no Mori Art Museum, Kanagawa
2012 DUET, PSM, Berlin (Germany)
2011 TRANSCRIBED, Gendai Yamamoto, Tokyo
2009 UJINO AND THE ROTATORS, Hayward Gallery Project Space, London (UK)
, etc.