See Saw

See Saw
2020

「Das Nest」Kunstakademie Münster 2020
5000 X 900 X 2900mm
自転車、鉄

I raised two bicycles sunken at the bottom of the canal in Münster, Germany and created a seesaw. The seesaw cannot be enjoyed alone; the presence of another person is always necessary. So the seesaw’s motion solidifies the presence of others.

The bicycles were thrown into the river by someone, sinking to the bottom, and I, with my own hands, lifted them up.
Bicycles submerged in the riverbed go unnoticed by everyone, but by discovering and picking them up, I establish a connection between the person who threw them and myself. In other words, by picking up the bicycles, I make the person who threw them a tangible presence as with the seesaw.

ミュンスター（ドイツ）の運河の底に沈む二台の自転車を引き上げ、シーソーを作った。シーソーは1人で遊ぶ事が出来ず、必ず他者の存在が必要となる。シーソーが上下に運動する事は他者を確かな存在とする。また、自転車は何者かによって川へ投げ込まれ、底へと沈み、私はそれを自身の手で引き上げる。川底に沈んでいた自転車は誰からも気が付かれないものであるが、私がそれを見つけ拾い上げる事で自転車は投げ込んだ人と作者を繋ぐものとなる。つまり、自転車を拾う事で私は投げ込んだ者を確かな存在とする。