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Okinawa, fooled by history,
still is defined by it's geo-specific
problems and economical differences
to mainland Japan. There is a lot sorted
out in the exchange with the inpouring
capitalistic mainstream culture and
the economical growth. Some of Okinawa's
red light districts survived the postwar
development and still exist today.
It is unsure if they will even survive
further growth, but those red light
districts evolved from history und
are still there.
I walk those red light districts and
do portraits. I pay the fixed price
for 15 minutes and inside their rooms
I borrow the clothes they wear and
make them shoot me in their pose.
The time and history of waiting for
punters is enrolled in their body,
and as such, they exist as a kind of
icon. Those pictures show a portrait
of me and at the some time, they are
a self portrait of those women. Without
even knowing their name, me and those
women were there, in 2008, for 15 minutes,
in this Okinawa. |
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artwork title: '15min. Portrait' |
location: Naha city, Sakaemachi market |
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artists bio |
TANOTAIGA
was born in Tokyo and currently lives in
Sendai.
People nowadays try to invent a lot of rules
and laws to smooth all day's society life.
I want to show the backside of this standardised
value system and the issues usually not considered
by today's society system by enrolling it
in sculptures, photography and film to invent
solutions.
artists website:
http://www.taigart.com/ |
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