Please Do Not Touch

美術館でももっともよく目にする注意書き「Please Do Not Touch」。触れることで機能するものが美術品とされた時、触れてはいけないものになる。そこに生じる矛盾にフォーカスした作品。真鍮製のバランスゲームは作品展というコンテクストに置かれている。しかし、このゲーム自体は触らなければ遊べない。その時鑑賞者はこのゲームとどうかかわるのだろうか。

The theme of this work is “Please do not touch,” which is the most common regulation at museums. There are many exhibits which are activated by touching them to use. Therefore it is a contradiction with their original function. However, we are agreed without wonder not to touch artwork. A game made of brass was created based on my question: “Why should we not touch artworks?” In this work I explored how the behavior of touching can effect an object. High polished brass and the structure of this game allows it to reveal trace of every touch. I exhibited it at my graduation show at Gerrit Rietveld Academie and observed how it was changed through 5 days of the show.

2017, brass