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Tsutau Art / 蔦う芸術 2022–2023 / Tokyo, Japan
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Tsutau Art is a site-specific art project conceived and directed by Luna Murano. It began with her spending several months cleaning a private residence with the help of others and preparing it to open as an exhibition space. The house had stood largely vacant for several years and was soon to be sold. Through poetry, sound, photography, moving image, installation and concerts, the project brought memories, absence and traces of the lives once lived there to the surface.
『蔦う芸術』は、Luna Muranoが企画・監修したサイトスペシフィック・アートプロジェクトです。数年間ほぼ空き家となり、売却を控えていた個人邸宅を、周囲の協力を得ながら数か月かけて清掃し、展示空間としてひらく準備を進めるところから始まりました。詩、音、写真、映像、インスタレーション、コンサートを通して、そこに生きた時間の記憶や不在、その痕跡を浮かび上がらせました。
Ground Floor — Music Room
Ground Floor — Formal Living Room
The title Tsutau Art plays on the Japanese words tsuta (ivy) and tsutau (to grow or extend along a surface), while also evoking tsutawaru (to be passed on or conveyed). It brings together the image of ivy growing along the walls of the residence and the surrounding trees with the thought that something born in this space might remain with visitors and, in turn, be passed on to others.
The residence had approximately 300 square metres of interior space. The project unfolded across the entire property, from its rooms and stairways to the terrace, garden and rooftop, making it both the project’s setting and material. The house had once been a place where people came together through music, painting, poetry and moving image. Paintings created or collected by the late resident, along with sculptures and sketchbooks, were also displayed there.
『蔦う芸術』というタイトルには、邸宅の壁や周囲の木々を伝って広がる蔦の姿と、この場所で生まれたなにかが訪れた人々のなかに残り、また誰かへと伝わっていくように、という想いを重ねています。
屋内面積が約300㎡におよぶ邸宅では、各部屋や階段からテラス、庭、屋上まで、敷地全体をプロジェクトの舞台とし、同時にその素材として用いました。かつて音楽、絵画、詩、映像を通じて人々が集ったこの空間には、ここで暮らした故人が生前に描き、あるいは収集していた絵画や彫刻、スケッチブックも展示しました。
Ground Floor – Kitchen-Diner
Ground Floor — Living Room
The exhibition was held in two phases: the first in 2022 and the second in 2023. Across the two phases, some works were replaced, while new approaches were explored, allowing the exhibition to evolve within the space. At the time, the pandemic was still ongoing in Japan, even as opportunities for people to gather were gradually returning. The project sought to create a place where encounters with diverse works and conversations between people might lead towards a gentler future.
Coffee and snacks were provided in the formal living room, where visitors could sit, relax and talk. A grand piano was rented and installed in the music room for visitors to play freely. A concert was also held there during each phase. Visitors were welcome to bring pets, something still uncommon at art exhibitions in Japan. The house offered visitors a place to spend time in their own way, beyond simply viewing the artworks.
展覧会は2022年の前期と2023年の後期に分けて開催し、二期を通して作品の一部を入れ替えながら、空間の中で作品を育て、新たな試みを重ねました。当時、日本ではコロナ禍が続く一方で、人々が集う機会も戻りつつありました。そこで目指したのは、多様な作品との出会いや人々の対話を通して、優しい未来につながる場所です。
フォーマルリビングにはコーヒーやお菓子を用意し、ゆっくりと腰を下ろして語り合える場をつくりました。音楽室にはグランドピアノを借りて設置し、誰でも自由に弾けるようにするとともに、各期に一度ずつコンサートを開催しました。ペット同伴での来場も受け入れるなど、作品を鑑賞するだけでなく、訪れた人が思い思いに過ごせる自由で開かれた空間づくりに取り組みました。
Ground Floor — Formal Living Room
Ground Floor — Guest Room
Ground Floor – Toilet
Ground Floor — Sunroom
Ground Floor — Sunroom
Floor Plans
First Floor — Stair Landing
First Floor — Family Area
First Floor — Bathroom
First Floor — Guest Bedroom
First Floor — Main Bedroom
First Floor — Bedroom
First Floor — Walk-in Wardrobe
First Floor — Walk-in Wardrobe
First Floor — Open Space
Thanks to the owner’s generosity in allowing us to use the residence as an exhibition space, visitors were welcome to take home the books and records left behind. By the final day, nearly all the records had found new homes, and some of the remaining books were donated.
展示会場として邸宅を使わせてくださったオーナーのご厚意により、残されていた本やレコードは、ご来場者に自由に持ち帰っていただきました。最終日にはレコードのほとんどが新しい持ち主のもとへ渡り、残った本の一部は寄贈されました。
First Floor — Main Bedroom
Roof Terrace
Works and documentation will be shared here over time, with plans to develop them into a short film and other forms in 2027.
作品や記録は順次公開し、2027年には短編映画などのかたちへ展開していく予定です。
To everyone who visited Tsutau Art
蔦う芸術を訪れてくださったみなさまへ