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Self-Select: Migrants in Tokyo

東京に暮らす海外からの移住者4名が、街中で見ず知らずの日本人と衣服の交換を試み、その経験をもとに展覧会場で自分のための新しい服を作るワークショップを開催した。会場では、打ち合わせや編集作業、会期中アップデートされる写真や映像による活動の展示、服を制作する姿などを公開することで、来場者との交流も図った。「移住者」と「わたしたち」という関係を通して、自らの装いや文化について、表現することや境界を越えることについて共に考える場となることを目指した。

Four migrants living in Tokyo attempted to exchange their clothes with Japanese members of the public on the streets of the city. Based on that experience, they made new clothing for themselves in a workshop. The venue was a place for exchange with visitors, hosting meetings, editing, and exhibits of photography and video that were updated, and showing the clothes being made. Exploring the relationship between migrants and residents, the project aimed to create a place for thinking about our own clothing and culture, and about self-expression and what it means to cross borders.

Self-Select: Migrants in Tokyo (phase 1), 2017
Self-Select: Migrants in Tokyo (phase 2), 2017
Installation view: Socially Engaged Art, 2017, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | Space design: TSUBAME ARCHITECTS | Photo by Kenta Hasegawa
Installation view: MATOWARITSUKU, 2017, ARTZONE, Kyoto, Japan | Photo by Yuki Moriya