PEN/DANT

ある美術館を訪れた際、作品を傷つける可能性があるためペンの持ち込みを禁止し ている、と言われたことがきっかけでうまれた作品。ふたつのアイデンティティがひとつのものとして共存している時、人はそれをどう定義づけるのか。

This work was inspired by a visit to a museum, where the museum warned visitors that they cannot bring pens into the exhibition space because pen might damage the artworks. This piece titled pen/dant aims to create a dialogue encompassing the topic of function and our perception of an object. When a pen, with its main function being writing, simultaneously also holds the purpose of a pendant necklace, how does the our perception towards that pen shift?

2017, pen, brass, rope
Photo: Ayako Nishibori