”Pearls.Perils of Perfectionism｜パール, 完全主義の危機”
by Saskia van Es
Photo: Junpei Kawasaki
オランダのアートライター、サスキアバンエスさんにacoyaに関した活動を書いて頂きました。バルセロナ発Klimt02というアートジュエリー、コンテンポラリークラフトに特化したウェブの中で、マテリアルという連載において彼女は海のシリーズでパールを取り上げています。私は西洋の文脈での真珠の捉え方に興味があり、彼女が何を書いたのか興味がありました。’骨は珊瑚、目は真珠’からテキストをあげていました。
「…生命は全て海から生まれ、その記憶を現在も女性の胎内に微かに宿す。…乳虹色の真珠の輝きは、生と死、エロスとタナトス(生の情動、死の衝動)を含んだ永遠の母性の存在を表す。」
このテキストから彼女は日本のジュエリーアーティスト増崎啓起君の作品’マザーアンドチャイルド’ を選びこう書いていました。「元々ここにあったものはあこや母貝から取り除かれた。残ったのは宗教的なメダリオンの形であり偶然に形作られたケシパールがその空虚を通過する。」
これは一見私の見解と近いようで実は私と違うポイントの考えで興味深く感じました。なぜなら私にとっての永遠の母性、それは自然界のことであり、この自然界における物質としての死は循環を示し、魂の継続を含むものです。
バンエスさんの記事の最後に彼女は”不完全さ”について書いています。
”不完全さ”
オオチは振り返る：”私は真珠と母性について語っている。真珠は個体として永遠ではない、完璧ではない、危うく、儚い存在。それゆえにどこか切なく、とても愛おしく感じるのだと思う。” 彼女が愛おしいものを真珠養殖者は欠点とみなす。彼らはわずかにしかとれない完璧を使う。
acoyaの展覧会で彼女は、バロック、アシメトリーそして色を変えていないものがただただ美しいことを見せたいと願っている。オオチの言葉において、あこや貝が作ったものに対する無条件の敬意が感じられる。
それはあこや貝と同じ位置にたつと、それは動物たちが苦労して作られたものだから、フェアーだと思える。
わたしはあこや真珠をメタファーとして海の環境を守ること、自然界と一緒に生きる生き物のひとつとしての人間、宇宙と母性のこと、などをとうして美とは何か？を問うています。異なるバックグラウンドをもつ海外のアーティスト達と組むことで様々なことが見えてきます。
またこの記事ではKasaneyoというオランダ発、４人のアーティストによる2018年のあこや真珠に関するプロジェクトも掲載してあります。彼らacoya のプロジェクト”骨は珊瑚、目は真珠”にも参加しています。
写真は2019年クミヒロイとアネケヘイマンとのコラボレーションPearl Silhouet からです。
写真は2019年クミヒロイとアネケヘイマンとのコラボレーションPearl Silhouet からです。
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”Pearls.Perils of Perfectionism” by Saskia van Es
Dutch art writer Saskia van Es introduced ‘acoya’ ’s activities on her article in the web media called ‘ Klimt02’.
Saskia wrote about the pearl on her serial article that is related to the materials from the Sea.
As I I am interested in what she wrote because I have a curiosity about the thoughts related to pearl on the western context. She found some concepts from my text that was written in my latest exhibition,
“Bones are coral made, pearls are eyes” and others by acoya.
… all lives are born from the sea, and those memories are reflected vaguely within women’s womb to this day.
… Its milky, iridescent colored luster manifests the presence of everlasting motherhood with the characteristics of life and death, that is, of Eros and Thanatos.
By Chitose Ohchi
Then She introduced Jewelry ‘Mother & Child’ by Hiroki Matsuzaki Japanese jewelry artist, text is below:
What was originally there, was removed from the mother of pearl. What remains is the form of a religious medallion with an accidentally formed Keshi pearl passing through the void.
Saskia wrote about the pearl on her serial article that is related to the materials from the Sea.
As I I am interested in what she wrote because I have a curiosity about the thoughts related to pearl on the western context. She found some concepts from my text that was written in my latest exhibition,
“Bones are coral made, pearls are eyes” and others by acoya.
… all lives are born from the sea, and those memories are reflected vaguely within women’s womb to this day.
… Its milky, iridescent colored luster manifests the presence of everlasting motherhood with the characteristics of life and death, that is, of Eros and Thanatos.
By Chitose Ohchi
Then She introduced Jewelry ‘Mother & Child’ by Hiroki Matsuzaki Japanese jewelry artist, text is below:
What was originally there, was removed from the mother of pearl. What remains is the form of a religious medallion with an accidentally formed Keshi pearl passing through the void.
The last part of this article, she wrote about imperfection;
”Imperfection”
Chitose Ohchi reflects: “I talked about pearls and motherhood. At the same time, pearls are fragile, imperfect, and transient.” What she finds endearing, the pearl farmers see as a flaw. They only use a small ‘perfect’ percentage of the harvest. With her exhibition, she hopes to show that baroque or asymmetrical–non-dyed– pearls are just beautiful. In Ohchi’s words, I hear unconditional respect for everything the oyster has made. That seems only fair after all the trouble the animals have been through.
As Akoya pearl is the metaphor, I would like to ask what is beauty?
”Imperfection”
Chitose Ohchi reflects: “I talked about pearls and motherhood. At the same time, pearls are fragile, imperfect, and transient.” What she finds endearing, the pearl farmers see as a flaw. They only use a small ‘perfect’ percentage of the harvest. With her exhibition, she hopes to show that baroque or asymmetrical–non-dyed– pearls are just beautiful. In Ohchi’s words, I hear unconditional respect for everything the oyster has made. That seems only fair after all the trouble the animals have been through.
As Akoya pearl is the metaphor, I would like to ask what is beauty?
Through protecting the environment of the sea, humans as one of creature living with nature, the cosmos and maternity… on acoya activity.Working with foreign artists who have different back ground, we can see many perspectives.
Some photos on the article are Hymmen & Hiroi, photo from the ‘Parel Silhouet’ project in collaboration with ‘acoya’, 2019. The art jewelry group in NL “ kasaneyo” is on this article as well. They also participated in “Bones are coral, Pearls are eyes” by acoya.I am looking forward to holding acoya exhibition “ Bones are coral, Pearls are eyes “ in this autumn 2021 in the Netherlands.
Thank you for great article, Saskia van Es
Some photos on the article are Hymmen & Hiroi, photo from the ‘Parel Silhouet’ project in collaboration with ‘acoya’, 2019. The art jewelry group in NL “ kasaneyo” is on this article as well. They also participated in “Bones are coral, Pearls are eyes” by acoya.I am looking forward to holding acoya exhibition “ Bones are coral, Pearls are eyes “ in this autumn 2021 in the Netherlands.
Thank you for great article, Saskia van Es
Photo: Kumi Hiroi andAnneke Hymmen
