- Masahito Koshinaka Art Works

TITLE

当事者意識への加入 - Speeches about Covid-19 by world leaders.
SIZE / TIME

800 × 800mm or 600 × 600mm
MATERIAL

digital print, photograph mount
YEAR

2021

当事者意識への加入 - Speeches about Covid-19 by world leaders.

English text

Prime ministers, presidents, and leaders of countries around the world are issuing statements to their citizens about the coronavirus. Some of these statements do not resonate with me at all, even though we are talking about the same coronavirus. However, I am concerned about my immediate surroundings, my country, the world, and the future, and I try to understand and share the ideology of the entire human race in regard to coronaviruses. The question arose as to whether there should be a gap between this ideology and the awareness of the people involved. In the first place, the visual of the coronavirus itself makes us think against something invisible and unseen. Then, if we reduce the visual information attached to the information, such as the faces of prime ministers and presidents, will that gap disappear? What have I gone through to raise my awareness?

Japanese Text

世界中の国の首相や大統領、リーダーが国民へコロナウィルスに対する談話を発表している。同じコロナウィルスに対するを話しているにも関わらず、私にとって一部の談話には全く胸に響かないものがある。しかし、身近な所、自国、世界や将来を愁い、また全人類のコロナウィルスに対するイデオロギーのような理念を理解して共有しようとも思う。この理念と当事者意識に隔たりがあっても良いのかという疑問が生まれた。そもそもコロナウィルス自体のビジュアルは目に見えない、見えないものに対して考えさせられている。では、首相や大統領の顔など、情報に付帯するビジュアル情報を低減すればその隔たりはなくなるのだろうか。私は何を経て意識を募らせたのか。