TAKUYA WATANABE WORKS - Head In a Blur Uncertain Feet

Head In a Blur Uncertain Feet

Single-channel video installation（video 10'40")
2022

During the 2020 pandemic, feeling at an impasse, I left Tokyo and had the chance to spend time in a marginal village. There, in the secluded mountain location, I met an elderly man living alone. He often shared with me the story of a fall he had experienced several months prior. As he spun his words and repeatedly reminisced about the accident, it appeared to be like a ritual to confront the death that had come so close to him.

Amidst a world where loneliness, separation, and death mingled with our daily lives due to the unprecedented pandemic, his quiet ritual took place. I gathered his woven words, and stood on the cliff.

ぼやけた頭　定まらぬ足

Single-channel video installation（video 10'40")
2022

2020年パンデミックの折、行き詰まり東京を離れた私は、ある限界集落で過ごす機会を得た。そして山奥の集落に、たった一人で住む老人と知り合う。彼は数ヶ月前に自身が経験した転落事故の話を幾度となく私にした。言葉を紡ぎ、事故を繰り返し回想する彼の様子は、目の前にまで近づいた死と向き合うための儀式のようにも見えた。

未曾有のパンデミックにより、孤独、分断、死が私達の日常に紛れ込む世界の傍らで、静かに行われる彼の儀式。私は彼の紡いだ言葉を集め、そして断崖に立つ。