Team Yameyou
Shyness of a turtle
The video work “Stop the Destiny” describes one of the members' attempt to overcome his “destiny” regarding his origins, by comparing it to an episode of Zeno's paradox “Achilles and the Tortoise”.
Produced in 2014, this work was born from the thought that by imaginatively “quitting” an uncontrollable destiny, one can start walking forward again.
Ten years have passed since then. How have we faced our destiny?
This time, we exhibit “Stop the Destiny” and the new work “Stop Shyness” together, confronting “time” and “irreversibility of human beings,” as we face the days that have passed and the works that can only be created at that time.
By the way, where did the turtle 10 years back go?
Nobody knows.
If we fail to find the turtle, we cannot pass it, so we have to find it somehow.
This is the “turtle hunt,” and it may be our chance to once again defy destiny. In addition, you may be able to stop being shy. This work was created with the simple wish that “we all live in harmony and look forward to the future.
Exhibition hall
Ogimi Village Kijoka Nursery School 1136 Kijoka, Ogimi Village, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa
ARTIST
Team Yameyou
Organized in Hiroshima in 2009. As society and human relationships mature, there are more and more things that everyone thinks it is better to quit but cannot. Team Yamaeyo is a team that focuses on the theme of “ want to quit but can't,” with a view to the fact that such things have become a source of social undermining.
Major exhibitions include “Gembi Dokodemo Project Open Call 2009” (Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2009), “The 14th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art” (Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, 2011), “TOKYO EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL Vol. 8 - TEF Sound Installation Phase 2” ( Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, 2013), Emergencies 24 “Turtles, Noise, and Hydra” (ICC, 2014), “Art in Society” (Gallery Hashimoto, 2017)
【Guest Curator】Yoshida Yamar
Based on his experience of living in mountain villages and cities, he examines the history of the land, social infrastructure, place, and the reuse of technology, and envisions alternative relationships with society through exhibitions, art projects, publications, management, and other practices. Major art projects include “Extraction, Reversal and Circulation of Urban GENE” (BankART Station,Yokohama,2024), “Gaze this urbs with downcast eyes.” (APRDELESP,CDMX,2024), “MALOU A-F” (Yanbaru Art Festival, Okinawa, 2024).