泉太郎＋稲川豊｜パフォーマンス
Send a Zamboa, Receive a Pomelo, Return No Buntan
2024年6月22日・23日の2日間、参加アーティストの泉太郎と、企画・キュレーションを行った稲川豊によるパフォーマティブなトーク《Send a Zamboa, Receive a Pomelo, Return No Buntan》を実施した。本企画において稲川は、参加アーティストとの事前の対話と合意のもと、それぞれの作品や展示環境に創作的な介入を行っていたが、本パフォーマンスではその関係が反転する。泉が一連のルールや儀式的なプロセスを設定し、稲川が構築した展示環境と、アーティスト／アーティスト・キュレーターという両者の関係そのものへ、泉から応答的な介入を行うかたちで構成された。
パフォーマンスの内容は、それまでに交わされた泉と稲川の密度の高いメールでのやり取りを経て構想されたが、その具体的な内容は稲川には事前に知らされず、初日に初めて明かされた。2日間で異なる空間設定とルールが用意され、二人は紙製のマスクを着用し、果物を黒く塗る、メールを送りその受信に要した時間を計測する、会話の後に「これは呪文です／これは呪文ではありません」と宣言する、その時間を体内時計で数える、といった行為を繰り返しながら対話を行った。2日目にはガラス壁によって二人とオーディエンスの位置関係も分断され、言葉、時間、距離、伝達、反復といった要素が、会話そのものを変容させていった。
こうした一連のプロセスによって、通常であれば情報や考えを伝えるためのトークそのものが、予測不能なルールや身体的な行為、空間的な制約を伴うパフォーマンスへと変換された。同時に、稲川から泉の作品への介入、そして泉から稲川とその展示環境への介入という双方向の応答が生まれることで、《奇数ソックスとノード》における「共犯的な関係」が、固定された一方向のものではなく、互いの立場や関係そのものを変化させ得るものとして実践された。
2日目の最後には、パフォーマンスで使用した果物を切り分けて参加者とともに食べ、その種をそれぞれが持ち帰った。展示空間の内部で二人のあいだに生じた行為がオーディエンスを巻き込み、物理的な断片として会場の外へ持ち出されることで、そこで形成された関係が別の場所へ接続していくかたちでパフォーマンスを終えた。
The performative act "Send a Zamboa, Receive a Pomelo, Return No Buntan," conducted by Taro Izumi and Yutaka Inagawa, took place on 22nd and 23rd June as part of Taro Izumi's participation in the show, serving as his response to artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa's invitation. Designed by Taro Izumi, the performance featured a unique one-on-one talk session in which Taro intervened in the bespoke environment of the exhibition created by Yutaka, establishing a set of ritualistic processes for each day. The performance was conducted in Japanese.
Throughout both days, Yutaka and Taro had to declare either “this is not a spell” or “this is a spell” after they replied or asked questions to one another.
Taro kept the contents of the talk event a secret from Yutaka as part of his work in the show. This decision came after dense email correspondence with Yutaka. Taro revealed his plan to Yutaka on the first day.
Day 1: On the first day, titled “Jam Ball Gets Lost, Confounded by Wickerwork,” the session took place within the exhibition space by the third-floor window, where Taro Izumi and Yutaka Inagawa sat side by side on a leisure sheet.
Participants created masks using a sheet of paper printed with "CC" and sat on the leisure sheet.
Taro and Yutaka painted fruit black with cross patterns while the audience had the opportunity to ask questions.
Yutaka sent an email to Taro, and gallery staff member Imai measured the time it took for Taro to receive it.
Imai conveyed the time it took to receive the email and placed a piece of paper with the recorded time in front of Taro and Yutaka (who were both facing the same direction), updating the time with each round.
Taro and Yutaka engaged in a talk session. After finishing each question or discussion, they declared, “this is a spell” if it was something they had said before or “this is not a spell” if it was new.
Using their internal clocks, Taro and Yutaka counted the time measured in step 3 before moving on to the next discussion.
After approximately 40 minutes of talking, Imai announced a summary text, substituting the terms "Buntan" and "Jamball" randomly within the text from the exhibition website:
Announced Text:
Taro Izumi and Yutaka Inagawa each send a Zabon to the Jamball they are contracted with. The Zamboa, which receives the Buntan, forwards the Tokunembo to the Jamball, such as Pomelo, designated as the destination. The Jamball that receives the Pomelo stores the Buntan within the Tokunembo until Taro Izumi and Yutaka Inagawa come to retrieve the Zamboa. Taro Izumi and Yutaka Inagawa go to their contracted Zamboa's Jamball to collect the Zabon addressed to themselves with their Buntan.While the summary was being announced, Taro and Yutaka continued painting the fruit with cross patterns.
Steps 2 to 7 were repeated two more times.
Imai made the final announcement.
The blackened fruit was placed on a chair and displayed as an exhibit for that day only.
Day 2: On the second day, titled “Buntan's Division / Hiding C with C by B,” the setting was changed. Taro sat on the floor by the window, and Yutaka sat on the floor on the exhibition room side, separated by a glass wall. The glass wall acted as a boundary between Yutaka and Taro, and the audience was divided into two groups, with each group seated on opposite sides of the wall.
Participants chose a piece of paper printed with either "CC" or "BCC" to create a mask, as done on the 22nd.
Those who chose "CC" sat in chairs facing Taro and Yutaka. Those with "BCC" masks sat facing the opposite direction, with their backs to the other side.
Participants were given Ziploc bags and wrote "from ●●" along with one of the terms “Buntan,” “Jamball,” “Pomelo,” “Zabon,” “Tokunbo,” or “Samboa” on them.
Taro and Yutaka exchanged the blackened fruits, referred to as "Pomelos," over the glass window and placed them on their respective chairs.
Yutaka sent an email to Taro.
Taro and Yutaka used post-it notes to record the time it took to receive the email and attached these to the chair backs where the watermelons were placed during the talk. The post-its were updated after each round as Taro asked Yutaka to send an email and acquired the new time.
Gallery staff member Imai announced the time via microphone.
Taro and Yutaka engaged in a talk session, speaking toward their respective Pomelos. If they declared a statement as a “spell,” they extended their hand with a 5-yen coin on their palm. If not a spell, they extended only their palm.
Imai observed the gestures and announced either “this is a spell” or “this is not a spell.”
Using their internal clocks, Taro and Yutaka counted the time measured in step 6 before moving on to the next discussion.
After approximately 30 minutes of talking, Imai announced a summary text.
Steps 4 to 11 were repeated two more times.
Imai made the final announcement.
Imai collected the two Pomelos and cut them on the leisure sheet.
The Pomelos were served to the participants, who ate together.
Each participant took a Pomelo seed in a Ziploc bag to take home.
