ARTISTS

千葉市中央コミュニティセンター2階店舗跡地

Chiba Chuo Community Center 2F Previous store

千葉市中央区千葉港2-1

2-1 , Chiba-Minato, Chuo-ku, Chiba City

そごう千葉店海側南エレベーター

CHIBA SOGO Sea Side South Elevator

千葉市中央区新町1000番地

1000, Shinmachi, Chuo-ku, Chiba City

YUKI SHIMIZU

清水裕貴

COLD SLEEP

コールドスリープ

PDFコールドスリープ

千葉市の中心地区に栄えた旧花街「蓮池」と、かつて多くの別荘が建てられた海辺の避暑地の稲毛をモチーフに、過去と現在を行き来する物語を作り、写真と文章のインスタレーションで表現する。展示会場となる元喫茶店であった空間では、時計やグラス、花などと合わせて作品が展示される。

小説家としても活躍する清水裕貴は、本展に書き下ろしの小説も創作する。物語は千葉市内に広がり、清水の作品も店舗跡地の展示空間に止まらず、そごう千葉店のエレベーター内でも見ることができる。「コールドスリープ」はエレベーターの形状から連想された。

WITH THE MOTIF OF THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT OF HASUIKE, WHICH ONCE PROSPERED AT THE HEART OF HISTORICAL CHIBA CITY, AND INAGE, A SUMMER RESORT ON THE BEACH WHERE MANY VILLAS WERE ONCE BUILT, YUKI SHIMIZU CREATES A STORY THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT IN THE FORM OF AN INSTALLATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXTS. IN THE SPACE OF EX-FUGETSU-DO, A FORMER CAFE THAT NOW SERVES AS AN EXHIBITION VENUE, HER WORKS ARE EXHIBITED TOGETHER WITH CLOCKS, GLASSES, AND FLOWERS. SHIMIZU, WHO IS ALSO ACTIVE AS A NOVELIST, ALSO PRESENTS A NOVEL NEWLY WRITTEN FOR THIS EXHIBITION. ITS STORY SPREADS THROUGHOUT CHIBA CITY, AND HER WORKS CAN BE SEEN NOT ONLY AT THE VENUE, BUT ALSO AT OTHER LOCATIONS, SUCH AS IN THE ELEVATORS OF THE SOGO CHIBA DEPARTMENT STORE, COLD SLEEP ACTUALLY INSPIRED BY ITS THEIR SHAPE.

COLD SLEEP©Yuki Shimizu

コールドスリープ©Yuki Shimizu

COLD SLEEP©Yuki Shimizu

コールドスリープ©Yuki Shimizu

PROFILE

YUKI

SHIMIZU

清水裕貴

2007年武蔵野美術大学映像学科卒業。2011年1Wall グランプリ受賞。2016年三木淳賞受賞。土地の歴史や伝承のリサーチをベースにして、写真と言葉を組み合わせて風景を表現している。主な個展に「empty garden」（PGI 2019）、「birthday beach」（nap gallery 2019）近年は小説も発表。2018年新潮社 R18 文学賞大賞受賞。新潮社から『ここは夜のほとり』出版。

BORN IN CHIBA, JAPAN IN 1984. GRADUATED FROM MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY, JAPAN IN 2007. SHIMIZU RECEIVED THE 5TH PHOTOGRAPHY 1_WALL GRAND PRIZE IN 2011 AND THE 18TH MIKI JUN AWARD IN 2016. IN 2018, SHE RECEIVED THE R-18 LITERARY AWARD FOR HER WORK AS A NOVELIST. SHIMIZU USES PHOTOGRAPHY AND PROSE TO WEAVE STORIES ROOTED IN THE HISTORY AND LORE OF HER LANDSCAPES. SHE HAS RECENTLY STARTED WRITING NOVELS AS WELL. IN 2019, SHE OPENED THE TIDE/POOL GALLERY IN FUNABASHI.

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE WHITESANDS (GUARDIAN GARDEN, TOKYO 2012), MAYIM MAYIM (NEW ACCIDENT, KANAZAWA 2014, UNDO, TOKYO 2014), KILLING BEAR (NIKON SALON, TOKYO 2016), DEAR MY PHANTOM (KANZAN GALLERY, TOKYO 2018), TO THE UNDERGROUND (NIKON SALON, TOKYO 2019) AND BIRTHDAY BEACH (TIDE/POOL, CHIBA 2019). RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE 5TH 1_WALL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION (GUARDIAN GARDEN, TOKYO 2011), INDEPENDENT LIGHT VOL.01 (SHINJUKU OPHTHALMOLOGIST GALLERY, TOKYO 2012), INDEPENDENT LIGHT VOL.03 (HIGASHIKAWA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL, HOKKAIDO 2013), NISHINE-NALE 2014 (YAMAGATA 2014), NAKANOJO BIENNALE (GUNMA 2015, 2017) AND CREATIVE COAST INAGE (CHIBA CITY GALLERY INAGE, CHIBA 2017).