Handout of Paying a Courtesy Call on the Incumbent Mayor by all His Predecessors in History

Handout of Paying a Courtesy Call on the Incumbent Mayor by all His Predecessors in History

Artist at Gallery 6 2016 vol.2 Yoshinori Niwa
18 July–4 September 2016
Miyanoura Gallery 6 (2310-77, Naoshima)
Fukutake Foundation
This documentary project takes place on Naoshima using mediums and psychics from across Japan to summon the spirits of 16 generations of past Naoshima mayors to pay a courtesy call on the current mayor. The video records everything that happens in the project such as spirits talking about happenings of the island during their time in the post, recreations of the press conferences at the time, and all events held during the process – reception parties, ceremonial dinners, press conferences, etc., and then it will be created into a work of 9-channel video. Also, by planning a courtesy call by one of the past mayors as an event during the Triennale, the project brings in a presence of almost a deceit into the real world and causes a small disruption to examine the island’s history and the irreversibility of time.

ハンドアウト「歴代町長に現町長を表敬訪問してもらう」

アーティスト in　六区 vol.2 丹羽良徳「歴代町長に現町長を表敬訪問してもらう」
2016年7月18日ー9月4日
宮浦ギャラリー六区（直島町2310-77）
公益財団法人福武財団
霊媒師や霊能者に歴代直島町長16名の霊を呼び寄せていただき、現直島町長を表敬訪問します。島に関わる大きな出来事の話や、その過程で行われる懇談会、食事会、記者会見などのあらゆる出来事をビデオで記録し作品化するほか、会期中、歴代町長の訪問をイベントとして企画。現実社会の中に、限りなく偽りに近い存在を持ち込み小さな混乱を起こさせることで島の歴史や時間の不可逆性を考えます。