Film exhibition, Pre-Meta vol. 2 "C6H6"

Artists: Nakayama (writer) ,Tetsuya Miura (photographer),Tomono Nishigori (photographer) ,Ryo Shinagawa (film-making/editing) ,Parco Kinoshita (artist) ,Jiro Fujita (photographer)

Gallery OUT of PLACE Special Exhibition
Film Exhibition, Pre-Meta "C6H6"

Planned in collaboration by: Ryo Shinagawa (film-making/editing), Gallery OUT of PLACE　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
For this film project, we have grouped six artists under the title, "C6H6," the chemical formula for the substance known as benzene. Through collaboration between our gallery and Ryo Shinagawa, we invited these artists to create short films, all of which will be loop-screened during the exhibition period.

Interestingly, benzene was historically used as a powerful dissolver, especially for eliminating grease from metals. Benzene was even widely used domestically for paint and stain removal, and as rubber paste, until it was discovered to contain poison. Then benzene was substituted by other less poisonous substances such as toluene, and today in Japan, its use is forbidden by labor and safety hygiene laws, and specialized regulation.
While benzene can be dangerously poisonous, its scent is intoxicatingly pleasant to people. Seen also as a convenient substance suited to a variety of purposes, could benzene not be characterized as "art" itself?

Of the six exhibiting artists, five are not film artists. We have instead chosen for this presentation, artists working in fields such as, photography, writing, fine art, and editing. In doing so, we attempt to overcome the limitations of genre to open up new fields of creation. In fact, we have posed an unusual theme for these six artists: "when something unexpected, unexpectedly sticks with you, something unexpected is then born." How will the C6H6 artists answer our theme through film? We have yet to see...

We are pleased to invite you to come discover these artists' "unexpected" responses.