Fukumi Nakazawa
Mutual formation of people and tools
This work was created with the motif of the relationship between “humans and tools” in Okinawa.
Okinawa is a region within Japan that has developed its own unique culture, and I considered how tools born in Okinawa have related to people and how their shapes have changed. Based on the research conducted in the field and documents collected in advance, I visualized the tools through sketches and recorded them.
Due to the development of modern technology, many folk tools have lost their roles, and the relationship between people and tools has been changing. In order to close the distance between people and tools, I created a new image of human beings in which tools and people are blended with each other. Since folk tools were used repeatedly on a daily basis, Short and repetitive animation videos are projected in the classroom, and all the original animations drawn on Japanese paper were glued together to form a “material body” for this exhibition.
Exhibition hall
Ogimi Village Former Shioya Elementary School 538 Shioya, Ogimi Village, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa
ARTIST
Fukumi Nakazawa
Born 1996 in Kochi, she graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design (now Kyoto University of Art) in 2019 with a degree in Oil Painting.
In 2020, she entered the Master's Animation Course at the Estonian Academy of Fine Arts.
She focuses on the relationship between
【Curator for Europe】Gerben Schermer
Curator of contemporary art and animation.
He founded, directed and developed the international Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF) from 1985 to 2018. He serves on the board of directors and in consultancy positions for national and international organizations. He has been a guest program organizer and jury member at many film festivals around the world, as well as a film producer and publisher.