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Category: Year 2

  • Collecting Symbols for Transition

    We walked around looking for symbolic objects or monuments that could be used for the transition scenes. What we initially had in mind were statues, monuments, and old banknotes from that era. Originally, we thought we could capture many of the elements we needed from the Japan and Asia sections at the British Museum. However,…

  • Research Relational Aesthetics(2)

    Bourriaud’s Relational Aesthetics has been interpreted, criticized, and expanded by various scholars from diverse perspectives, leading to a range of significant research developments. Claire Bishop, for instance, critiqued Bourriaud through the concept of antagonistic relational aesthetics, arguing that Bourriaud overly idealizes and harmonizes human relations, thereby neglecting conflict and tension within society. Bishop emphasized that…

  • Relational Aesthetics Research

    In 1996, Bourriaud curated the group exhibition Traffic, featuring artists such as Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Carsten Höller, and Pierre Huyghe, who were engaged in relational-oriented practices. Relational Aesthetics consists of critical texts related to the artists featured in this exhibition, published by Bourriaud in art magazines. In Relational Aesthetics, he mentions that the core…

  • Meeting and Feedback (ITO Project)

    After several rounds of test shooting, we held a meeting to come up with a more detailed and complete storyboard idea. While it is important to have a solid concept when creating a video, in the end, it is the attention to details—such as transitions, openings, and closings—that determines the overall completeness of the work.…

  • Changed the Topic

    After completing my research on minimalism, I fell into deep contemplation. Research on minimalism has already been extensively conducted by many scholars, and I felt that both what I could say and what I wanted to say were neither precise nor compelling. While discussing this dilemma with a friend, he mentioned Nicolas Bourriaud, who served…

  • Video test(2)

    In this test, we proceeded with filming using a smartphone. In addition to the gravestone, we also tested with a banknote and the “three-way confrontation” scene. These were all demo shoots intended to prepare for inserting edited sound later. Since we don’t have much experience with filming projects, we decided to conduct multiple test shoots…

  • Video test(1) Feedback

    In this writing, I will provide feedback on the previous video footage, explain the adjustments we made based on that feedback, and share impressions after adding sound to the footage. First, for the previous video shoot, we used a camcorder that we had borrowed. However, the footage turned out to be much blurrier than expected,…

  • Miniamlistic Music Research – Early vs Post

    There appear to be three main reasons why the term minimalist music is defined in conflicting ways. First, it stems from the fundamental issue that no term or concept can perfectly define a particular object. In this sense, defining minimalist music touches upon the inherent limitations of language itself. Even the earlier-mentioned conditions of early…

  • Minimalistic Music Research – Post Minimalistic Music

    Early minimalist music underwent many changes shortly after its emergence, and many musicologists have observed these shifts. Musicologist Heisinger points out that minimalist music became an influential style in concert halls and opera houses around the world and can no longer be described as a reaction against abstract and complex music. Bernard argues that minimalist…

  • Minimalistic Music research – Early Minimalistic Music

    Minimalist music is commonly defined as a compositional style that deliberately simplifies rhythm, melody, and harmony. However, many pieces labeled as minimalist are not necessarily minimal in nature, and the music grouped under this term often varies greatly in form—so much so that even the works of those regarded as the original minimalists are not…