Twelve Visions – The First Collection of Ao Miyasaka 2026
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先日、The Glass Houseで行なわれたランウェイショー3枚を紹介しましたが、
本日は12着全てご紹介します。
今回のランウェイショーのテーマは以下になります。
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1st Collectionでは「身体美」に対する視点の更新をテーマに掲げる。
世界中のアーティストが身体美をエンパワメント的な表現として発信する中で、近年日本における身体表現に対する「視線」を更新する必要があると感じ制作を進めた。
表現者と鑑賞者の身体に対する大きな価値観のズレが、女性の身体に対する価値観を軽んじることや表現者自身の本当に伝えたい想いとズレてしまうことに違和感が生まれていた。
こうしたズレはエンターテイメントやアートの世界に留まらず性別に区切りなく、私たちの実生活の中でセクシャルハラスメントや痴漢といった犯罪、更には被害者に対する心無い言葉に繋がる。
「視線の更新」は出来たらいい、した方がいい、そうだったらいいよね、というものではなく現代において必然的な価値観の更新であると考える。
日本らしさが静かな上品さである時代は終わった。着物以降の日本らしさとは何か。
伝統文化や最新技術を学ぶ中で着物的、江戸時代的な価値観を現代に発展させるクリエイティブの上に「視線」の更新を試みる。
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また、ランウェイ当日来場者に配られた文章も以下に載せておきます。
【The Murder of the Soul】
Have you heard the term "the murder of the soul"?
It is used to describe violence against children within the home and the trauma of sexual crimes.
The country where I was raised is considered, in global terms, to be a relatively safe place. Yet in recent years, the lack of awareness surrounding family issues and sexual violence has become increasingly visible.
Since my first solo exhibition, "An Exhibition on Life," I have carefully extracted direct elements from these themes and translated them into a level of expression that would not create division. I did this to prevent the work from being dismissed as something "unfamiliar" or "irrelevant," which would cause viewers to emotionally shut down and stop engaging with its content.
However, after presenting around fifty exhibitions and shows since 2021, I have continued to feel-deep in my core -anger, sorrow, and a sense of emptiness toward the ongoing violence against children and sexual crimes in our society, and toward the persistent indifference and lack of understanding surrounding them.
I am not seeking sympathy, nor do I wish to be perceived as someone in a weak position. On the contrary, I believe that those who continue to live their daily lives with dignity after such experiences are extraordinarily strong.
None of us knows when we might become directly involved. We may become victims-or we may become perpetrators.This is not about "look at us." I want you to look at yourselves.Ignorance wounds people. I do not want to see more people forced to carry, for the rest of their lives, the hell of experiences that never needed to happen.
From the days when I painted graffiti alone in public housing complexes, every emotion I have accumulated has been embedded into this show.
【Fashion Expression】
I understand fashion as a form of bodily expression.
The reason I chose to translate the theme of the "murder of the soul" into the language of fashion comes from my own history. For a long time, I had an aversion to revealing costumes and forms of expression. But I eventually realized that what I rejected was not the expression itself-it was the gaze and the way that expression had been treated.
While artists around the world use the body as a site of empowerment, I feel that the gaze surrounding bodily expression still needs to be updated.
The significant gap between the values held by the viewer and those of the creator regarding the body creates a distance between what the artist truly wants to convey and what is actually received.
For whom is beauty?
For what purpose is beauty?
From whose perspective is beauty defined?
This dissonance does not remain within the realms of entertainment or art. I have come here to express an oбновление оf the gaze- an update necessary to renew what we call "freedom of expression."
by Ao Miyasaka
by triangleny | 2026-02-24 23:59 | Events | Comments(0)
