• Thursday November 21st, 2013

Event

hyslom Exhibition – Memorandum to Mr. X – Good Wood Family
November 29, 2013(fri)〜December 21, 2013(sat)
Admission: free

Venue

 
Social Kitchen
http://hanareproject.net/eng/
Access: 699, Sokokujimonzencho, Kamigyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto,
602-0898, Japan
Tel: 075-201-1430

Description

Mr. X knows a lot of “good trees.”
“Good trees” for Mr. X means the trees that a lot of insects dwell underneath.
Since long before the development began, Mr. X has always taken care of the “good trees.”
These good trees are not on the map.
The trees hyslom have played with have been already cut down or buried.
hyslom cut out one of the trees by themselves.
They repeat a process of adapting the tree to their bodies, and their bodies to the tree.
hyslom create a “good tree” full of their physical memories.
And a “good landscape” too.
This exhibition is hyslom’s response to Mr. X.
About OYE!
In October 2012, a new project called One Year of Exploration (OYE!) was launched at Social Kitchen. hyslom was chosen to lead the first edition of OYE! (2012-2013). For their project, Memo for Mr./Ms. X, they are holding exhibitions, screenings, research presentations, and performances at Social Kitchen. For mroe information, please go to OYE!’s project page.

Profile

hyslom (Itaru Kato, Fuminori Hoshino, Yu Yoshida)
hyslom usually conducts long-term anthropological field research on specific locations, people, and objects. Since 2009, hyslom has been periodically exploring a field, now a massive housing land development site with a focus on physically experiencing this changing environment with their bodies. In addition to documenting the process through video and photography, they are experimenting with an array of other methods, including diary-writing, sketching, sculpture, performance, and acting out the roles of the people they have met in the field. hyslom aims to discover and reveal different layers of histories and characteristics of the site that will eventually be buried when the development is completed. hyslom has held exhibitions and performances at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) and Kyoto Seika Daigaku, among others. In 2012 at the 6th AAC Sound Performance Dojo they were awarded the top prize for their piece.
Website: http://hyslom.com/
Video essay: http://hanareproject.net/media/