Artist
Artist
TATEKAWA Kiyoshiro
Japan
Concept of the work
line of sight
In today's cities, where surveillance cameras have become a part of everyday life, people are monitored 24 hours a day. Even in the virtual city of social media, people are under the watchful eye of new forms of surveillance. The endless stream of information acts as a gaze that increasingly identifies and monitors individuals. Personal expressions under surveillance are suppressed, and uniform statements that never offend others are enforced. In the 21st century, there is no escape from this rapidly developing system. The only solution is to shut out information from the internet. One must voluntarily leave the virtual city. It seems simple, but it is impossible. Why? Because it would mean losing the ability to monitor others.
Duration: 3'00"
Year: 2025
Profile
Photographer and filmmaker based in Tokyo.
Kiyoshiro’s subjects are mainly “zoos”. He uses experimental elements in his editing of images to produce material works that are detached from narrative. In recent years, He's been experimenting with the methods of installing images using multi projections onto scrims.
Excellence Award for Canon New Cosmos of Photography, 2020, selected by Yuki Onodera
Excellence Award for Canon New Cosmos of Photography, 2021, selected by Takashi Yasumura.
Website: https://tatekawa-kiyoshiro.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiyo4ro/
