Tsuyoshi Anzai - Solo exhibition at Chimera-Project

November 7.-28. 2014

Origins Originated from Originative Originals Tsuyoshi Anzai Solo Exhibition Chimera-Project, Budapest

Introduction

Chimera-Project presents the Japanese kinetic and video artist and Chimera Art Award

Machines are the fundamental elements of Anzai’s world. This motive variates in different

winner, Tsuyoshi Anzai. The goal of the founders of the Chimera Art Award, namely

levels and one can notice how the machines transform and take an independent

Chimera-Project Gallery and Works.io, the professional online portfolio platform is to

character. Beside the experimental video works and small kinetic structures, there will be

help emerging artists get visible on an international level and boost their career.

four works on view, which will give further introduction into Anzai’s methods.

The exhibition is Anzai’s first solo show in Europe and at the same time a great

The installation, Somewhere in the Ballpark takes place in a post-apocalyptic future

opportunity to introduce Japanese contemporary art in Hungary. Therefore after the

and presents the research of two men. As finding everyday objects from our time, they

award-jury’s decision, Chimera-Project initiated a collaboration with the Japanese

are trying to pair them with names, raising the question whether things have stabil, fix

Foundation, who enabled the artist to attend the show in person in Budapest, and

meanings. In the installation Sweet Dreams Anzai tries to capture the atmosphere of

furthermore helped to organize a workshop and a presentation that will be held by the

nightmares. He collects personal nightmare stories from different people and after asks

artist. Next to that, the Japanese Foundation put Anzai’s exhibition on his autumn art

them to draw it, which he further transforms into animation (Hungarian interviews were

program “V4+Japan exchange” what will draw even more attention to the mentioned

collected by Flora Gadó). The interesting part of the Budapest exhibition is that beside

events.

already collected Korean nightmares also Hungarian ones will be recorded and made “visible”. One can notice the familiar machine constructions in Stop MAKE-ing Machine,

In the center of Anzai’s work are constructions and small machines made from everyday

bereaved by their original function. The installation reminds us of a slightly chaotic,

objects. Variating and putting together the pieces is often part of the artwork itself.

perpetual-motion machine. Finally, Anzai’s latest project called Encounter with the

However, these machines go beyond the simple human – machine opposition and

Doppelganger was created during a workshop at Chimera-Project. The participants of

they also not resemble robots in science-fiction. They share an ironical and playful

the workshop were invited by the artist to construct copies of already existing machines

atmosphere but at the same time they question the stability of our conceptions by which

following Anzai’s instructions. By this the workshop will be also a field for researching

we interpret the world. The exhibition proposes a certain instability also with it’s title –

originality and seriality.

Origins Originated from Originative Originals – and as the artist puts it, it questions the originality and validity of things/objects. While constructing machines from different and non-matching objects, the original one deconstructs itself, loses its former function and a new, abstract meaning is created.

3 2 1 6 7 1. Encounter with Doppelg채nger, 2014, Installation 2. Stop MAKE-ing Machine, 2010-11, Website 3. Sweet Dreams, 2013/14, Installation 4. Somewhere in the Ballpark, 2013, Video installation 5. untitled machine works #1, 2014, Mixed media 6. untitled machine works #2, 2014, Mixed media 7-1. Out of Studio, 2013, Video 7-2. 5 Steps 1 Machine, 2013, Video 7-3. Ecstasy of Replicate no.15, 2013, Video 7-4. Neighbor, 2013, Video

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Encounter with Doppelg채nger 2014 Installation Daily necessities, Motors, Tapes, Instruction, Video, etc.

In this work, I displayed two types of machines which were made in two different countries with everyday items found in each country following the same instruction. At first, I built machines in Japan and drew instructions on how to build them. Then, at the workshop in Budapest, the participants interpreted the instructions, went to buy everyday items for their machines, and built machines according to their own interpretations.

Stop MAKE-ing Machine 2010-11 Video Archive Website "http://stop-make-ing-machine.net"

The work is the performance of the machines that composed of daily items and motors impromptu. They are unstable and easy to break up. I present the machines as coincidences in this work against repetitive nature and continuousness of machines.

Sweet Dreams 2013/14 Installation Motors, Food covers, LEDs, woods, etc

In the work, I tries to capture the atmosphere of nightmares. I collect personal nightmare stories from different people and after asks them to draw it, which he further transforms into slide projector. And with these materials, I made the machines for each stroies.

Somewhere in the Ballpark 2013 VIdeo installation Video, Daily necessities

This video installation takes place in a post-apocalyptic future and presents the research of two men. As finding everyday objects from our time, they are trying to pair them with names, raising the question whether things have stable, fix meanings.

untitled machine works #1 2014 Mixed Media Daily necessities, Motor, Tape, etc.

untitled machine works #2 2014 Mixed Media Daily necessities, Motor, Tape, etc.

Out of Studio 2013 / Video / 4min

5 Steps 1 Machine 2013 / Video / 4min

Ecstasy of Replicate no.15 2013 / Video / 4min

Neighbor 2013 / Video / 4min