FUJI TEXTILE WEEK 2023
2023年11月23日 - 12月17日
山梨県富士吉田市下吉田本町通り周辺地域 旧山叶
Seek Your Mountain
Jaffa Lam
This tent- or umbrella-like installation fragmentizes the viewers' visual perception of a given scene. Placed on the rooftop of an abandoned building located in an old factory site that seems misplaced in the scenic view, this installation surely disassembles the scenic landscape of Mt. Fuji, cutting it up with its unique and bizarre angles. It invites viewers to revisit what we are used to seeing, review with fresh eyes, and reexamine our view with a new perspective. Art is about this specificity of a viewpoint, the uniqueness of a perspective.
Collected from Fujiyoshida city's weavers, the fabric used for this installation is called B TAN, a lower-quality weave with frays that cannot be put on the market: the artist' s sincere response to sustainability, continued from her resourcefulness in the use of fabric taken off of recycled umbrellas for her early works exhibited in Hong Kong. It is clear that environmental problems are the theme that runs throughout this group of works. Currently, Lam is represented by Axel Vervoordt Gallery known for their wabi-sabi aesthetics in Europe, and she had a first solo exhibition in their headquarters in Antwerp in 2023.
Bamboo Production: Tomoko Ishii, tomboo Sponsor: Nelson Leong
Seek Your Mountain
It's not a cloud blocking your mountain, it's your vision blocking the mountain.
It's a mountain, It's not a mountain, It's Fuji It's a cloud, It's not a cloud, It's your mind
Sometimes It's a reflection of your mountain, your sea and your mind,
Sometimes It's your ego and pride
Is your cloud moving, or your mind is moving?
A peak is not just a peak, it might be a hole, or a plateau,
or just one of a group of mountains
It was under the sea for millions years
Mountains become a mountain, it was the sea
I'm not sure if the mountain grew or did the sea just get deeper
They will change their position, one day
This is a ring of cloud, keep moving, responds to the nature: sun, wind, and people,
When you get into the center, you will see a piece of blue on the top, that's your sea
And then your mountain will show up in front of you
Jaffa Lam