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Local Creator Residency Program
update: 2024.4.23
MORI Arata
| Participating Project | Local Creator Residency Program |
|---|---|
| Activity Based | Kanagawa |
| City / Place stayed | Tokyo |
| Period | 2024.5 - 2024.7 |
Purpose of the residency
Tetsuya Yamashita, who shot former Prime Minister Abe, Tomohiro Kato, who committed the Akihabara massacre, and Boy A, who called himself as Sakakibara Seito. They were all born around 1983, and have one thing in common: they were part of the generation known as "Snapping 17-year-olds”. In this program, I plan to create a video work in which I, who was also born in 1983 and went abroad from being in social withdrawal as a youth, go on a journey to find another "me" living a completely different life in Japan.
By transcending the boundaries between documentary and fiction, I intend to approach the theme of "division" from various angles, such as the division within the mind, the division between self and others, the division between generations, and the division of Japanese society itself. At the same time, I also intend to portray the fundamental power of human beings to overcome these barriers.
Plan during the residency
- To explore my own identity, I revisit the places where I lived when I was younger, and listen to the stories of my school teachers and friends with whom I had relationships.
- I look for men and women currently around 40 years old. I interview these men and women from different backgrounds about their problems, their current lives, and explore their deep psychology.
- From among the men and women I met, I organise an “audition” and pick up one person who would be suitable for the other "I".
- Editing the visual material I shot.
