2015 / digital / color / 10min.
　　
This work is composed of footage Itoh Nobuaki shot of himself in various parts of Japan. The images are very similar to those we see on video sharing sites and social networks, but in these videos Itoh poses the extremely essentialist question, “What is art?” He offers no “right” answer, however, and instead the blind faith of human beings imprisoned within an essentialist view of art is brought to the surface. It is a work that employs humor in questioning expression, the desire for approval, and the systems that make art what it is.
　

ITOH Nobuaki

Born in Nara in 1981. Graduated from the Kyoto University of Art Moving Image Art Course in 2006. Completed a painting program (formative design in fine art) at the Graduate School of the Kyoto City University of Arts. Major exhibitions include “Resonance: Art that resonates with people”, Suntory Art Museum, 2010, “Me’tis – Art that fights –”, Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery@KCUA, 2012, “Gifu Ogaki Biennale 2013”Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences, and “Art” Aichi Prefecture Art Gallery, 2015.
　

Schedule

TOKYO Park tower：4/28 18:45 Program I、5/2 11:30 Program I
KYOTO：5/19 14:40 Program I
FUKUOKA：6/3 16:20 Program I
NAGOYA：6/25 14:00 Program I