yokohama 2005. the second international triennale of contemporary art ‘art circus’ (jumping from the ordinary) ..............................................................
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PART 2 --- BACK TO YOKOHAMA 2005 - PART 1 --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------	‘the thinker’ by miguel calderón (1971), mexico city made out of toilet paper ‘purification room’ by chen zen (1955-2000), china objects smeared with earth lie about in chaos, as if the room has become buried during a natural disaster. the natural power of earth has purified all the objects, leaving the room quiet and at pace. ‘upside down flowers’ by tonico lemos auad (1968), brazil hanging gold chains by tonico lemos auad ‘untitled’ , camurca carpet - headless cats spit out furry balls, 2003 by tonico lemos auad by tonico lemos auad ‘drawing portraits’ by akihiro kuroda (1970), japan ‘forest of everyday’ by taisuke abe (1974), japan the installation is made of dozens of plastic laundry hangers, carpet of artificial turf, visitors can lie down and look at the stuffed toys suspended in the air ...upside down. you can also take a toy home, that’s why, when we went to this installation, no more toys were hanging. the artist taisuke abe sits behind the blackboard of the installation and makes toys ‘love reincarnation’ by pyuupiru (1974), japan http://www.pyuupiru.com pyuupiru creates costumes that convey his obsessive-compulsive world view ‘super(m)art’ by ©uratorman inc., thailand artist duo helen michaelsen (1962) and navin rawanchaikul (1971) ©uratorman is an ironic superheroe, super(m)art is an installation that resembles a gambling casino ... ‘noon-nom’ by SOI project / pinaree sanpitak (1961), thailand soft breast-like cushions designed specifically for yokohama 2005. ‘soft dreams and bed stories’ by alma quinto (1961), philippines ‘8848’ by the long march / xu zhen (1977), china the artist has sawed off 1.86 meters (his height) from the peak of mt. everest and transported the piece to participate in this exhibition. audiences may not believe that this is real, which is similar to how people rarely question whether the height of everest truly is 8848 meters. this relationship between belief and doubt has to deal with questions of standard, height, reality, and borders, that the artist is interested in examining. the work points to the ridiculousness of people's belief in ‘facts’ and ‘universal truths’. http://www.longmarchspace.com by the long march / xu zhen aside from the peak, a video documentary of his team sawing off the peak, was shown, along with photographic works, textual and archival materials, as well as the mountain climbing tools and tools for sawing mountains. ‘table tennis ‘by couma, japan artist collective formed in 2004 by takehiro likawa (1981) teppei kaneuji (1978), yuki kimura (1971), manpei tsurubayashi ( 1975) and hyogo hofuku (1976)