Film exhibition, "Pre-Meta" vol. 1 Country Gentlemen screening

Gallery OUT of PLACE Special Exhibition
Film Exhibition, "Pre-Meta"

Aristotle declared in his "law of nature" that all matter are separated by those existing in nature, and those existing by an outside cause. This belief became the core to the studies he named, "metaphysica."
Today, the word "meta" signifies something beyond existence, and points further yet to "metaphysics," the study of matter that transcends natural forms. These concepts are often taken as anti-scientific or anti-logic. However, the truth is that a great number of artists have been stimulating new ideas and realizations with a "meta" perspective.

If we look at the contemporary art world, the potential to evoke a sense of "meta" emerges in the fairly recent medium of film. Although, as film seeks to represent the essence of something beyond physicality, in comparison to more standardized artistic mediums, "meta" cannot be fully absorbed. In the case of representation through film, one could question, does "the hunter become the hunted"?
In the set of two exhibitions to be held, we will uncover film as film itself, "just there," simply in its basic form of expression before entering a state of "meta." In our first volume to the "Pre-Meta" exhibition we will be screening the documentary piece, Country Gentlemen, directed/filmed/edited by Haruka Yoshida (Open Reel Ensemble.) The film stages the performances of artists, Fuyuki Yamakawa & Yosuke Fujita, in a 100-year old traditional Japanese house.
This film will be specially presented in full HD version.
We will be selling the documentary DVD Country Gentlemen, ¥3,500- (tax included) during the exhibition.

Film screening: Country Gentlemen
Performance: Fuyuki Yamakawa, Yosuke Fujita, fanaco, and Megumi Ishiwata
Directed/filmed/edited by: Haruka Yoshida (Open Reel Ensemble)
Design planning: "kaikonoiede" project

Film overview:
Fuyuki Yamakawa & Yosuke Fujita's performance was captured and filmed by Haruka Yoshida at the site-specific stage of a 100-year old traditional Japanese house. At the site, we find two artists coming into intimate contact with the small corners of daily life, as they attempt to collaborate on a performance together.

Especially following the 2011 earthquake and its ensuing energy issues, we discover an increase in movements that call to question the ways we live our lives. As for artists, the way of life is directly tied to expression itself.

For this particular performance, Yamakawa creates a hand-made electric power generator. Next to this, Fujita takes us through the fields and lets us listen to the sounds of mountain waters.
By thinking about the ways artists build up a performance through everyday life - the work of human beings amongst nature's gifts, animals and food, creating artwork - all converge together by physical movement, exploring and enwrapping one another.

(Courtesy of the Motion Gallery, Country Gentlemen introduction page)