VOID SYSTEM (2020)
The TEA-ROOM
VOID SYSTEM, 2020
In the world of tea ceremony, there is a concept called "urban hermitage." It is the aesthetic sense of recreating the atmosphere of a quiet mountain hut within the hustle and bustle of the city and enjoying it. Ancient tea masters created environments using spaces and processes such as gardens and tea rooms, allowing people to detach from the everyday world and enter a profound world of beauty.
The art collective "The TEA-ROOM," which expresses the materiality and spirituality that make up the world of tea ceremony using contemporary methods, believed that in today's world of abundant, diverse sounds, instead of using the method of subtracting sound, they could explore the form of a modern "urban hermitage" by adding a large amount of sound, in other words, constructing a tea room of sound.
Over a period of nearly a year, they worked on creating the piece, but it was canceled two days before construction due to the pandemic. To not forget the events and thoughts of this time when the world suddenly became a temporal urban hermitage, they leave this record here.
茶の湯には、「市中の山居」という概念がある。都会の喧噪の中に、山奥の静かな小屋の雰囲気を再現し、それを楽しむ美意識のことである。古代の茶人たちは、庭園や茶室などの空間やプロセスを用いて、人々が日常の世界から離れ、深遠な美の世界へと入っていけるような環境を作り出していた。
茶の湯の世界を構成する事物や精神性を同時代的な手法で表現するアート集団「The TEA-ROOM」は、多種多様な音が日常的に溢れている音環境の現代では、音を引くことによる方法ではなく、逆に大量の音を加える、つまり音の茶室を構築することにより、そこからしかたどり着けない現代性を持つありうる「市中の山居」の形を探求できると考えた。
1年近い期間を使い、作品制作を行ったが、コロナ禍により施工二日前に中止となった。世界は突如、時間軸的な市中の山居になったこの時の出来事や思いを忘れないためにも記録としてここに残しておく。
Caption
The TEA-ROOM, VOID SYSTEM, 2020
Super directional speakers, Hyper sonic speakers, Sound system, ALIFE Engine for generating dynamics, Aluminum trusses, Japanese papers
3,721(D) x 3,721(W) x 545(H) mm
Credit
Artist: The TEA-ROOM (Ryuta Aoki)
Producer & Director: Ryuta Aoki
Project Management: Keita Uno
Exhibition Design: Jiro Endo
Graphic Design: Takeshi Kawano, Sosuke Sugiura
Web Design: Takao Neko
Production Support: MINIMA
Sound System Design: Motoki Ohkubo
Software Design & Dev: Atsushi Masumori, Itsuki Doi, Norihiro Maruyama
Production Support: ALTERNATIVE MACHINE Inc.
Past Exhibitions
In order to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 and prioritize the safety of visitors, the “VOID SYSTEM” exhibit in the Center Pier Garden space of Chubu Centrair International Airport was cancelled.