{"id":4314,"date":"2012-12-29T20:47:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T20:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skol.ca\/uncategorized\/shinobu-akimoto-backyard\/"},"modified":"2014-08-08T16:18:24","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T16:18:24","slug":"shinobu-akimoto-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skol.ca\/en\/programming\/shinobu-akimoto-backyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinobu Akimoto: Backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skol.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shinobu2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4504\" title=\"shinobu2\" src=\"https:\/\/skol.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shinobu2-540x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Installation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>February 22 &#8211; March 29, 2003<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a few years already, Shinobu Akimoto has been surrendering to the inevitable blurring of borders between her artistic activities and daily life. Firstly she worked as a secretary (<em>Secretary Project<\/em>, 1996-2000) then further she explored art as &#8220;lifestyle&#8221; with two projects (<em>Making Living\/Living Making<\/em>, 1998; <em>IKEA Living Project Series<\/em>, 1999-2001). She also worked in collaboration with an association dedicated to the well-being of domestic rabbits, bringing their activities into the art scene (<em>The<\/em> <em>House Rabbit Society Project Series<\/em>, 1997-1999).<\/p>\n<p>This time she adopts the position of a video and photo amateur, documenting her family garden in Japan. These images seductively propose an almost idyllic vision of this quiet place where one may wish to be. The minute examination of the environment and the slow observation of animal behavior invite the viewer to contemplate.\u00a0However, this contemplation is soon disturbed by a fundamental question: what is the difference between these images and similar ones taken by an amateur? And why do we consider them as art? As Germaine Koh said<sup>1<\/sup>: &#8220;In this age of ready technology and information, the difference between recognized professional authority (of the artist, for instance) and the devotion of amateurs has never been smaller \u2014 or more crucial, in some ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">[1] in an essay on Akimoto\u2019s work published by YYZ Artists\u2019 Outlet.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 22 &#8211; March 29, 2003<br \/>\nVideo Installation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past","category-programming","nom-shinobu-akimoto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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