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Tetsuya Umeda

Ookinakoto wo Chiisaku Miseru: Exhibition as Media 2011

(Kobe Art Village Center) (Japan) (DVD)


DVD: NTSC, region free, color, stereo, 60 minutes 34 seconds

  1. Scene 1 (5:03)
    Empty cans, steam, etc. at Kobe Art Village Center Hall, August 15, 2011

  2. Scene 2 (6:06)
    Speaker, soda candies, etc. at Kobe Art Village Center Hall, August 15, 2011

  3. Scene 3 (6:36)
    Shutter, walls, etc. at Kobe Art Village Center Gallery, December 5, 2011

  4. Scene 4 (2:19)
    LED, screen, etc. at Kobe Art Village Center Theater, December 5, 2011

  5. Scene 5 (9:48)
    Balloon, Takashi Ueno, etc. at Kobe Art Village Center Theater, December 5, 2011

  6. Scene 6 (6:22)
    Rotating speaker, piezo-electric device, etc. at Kobe Art Village Center Studio, August 16, 2011

  7. Scene 7 (4:46)
    Rope, corrugated carton, etc. at Fukujuso, August 14, 2011

  8. Scene 8 (3:13)
    Fire, kettle, etc. at Fukujuso, December 5, 2011

  9. Scene 9 (5:43)
    Balloons, bats, etc. at Kobe Art Village Center Hall, August 16, 2011

  10. Scene 10 (6:36)
    Shutter, walls, etc. at Kobe Art Village Center Gallery, December 5, 2011

  11. Scene 11 (1:22)
    LED, screen, etc. at Kobe Art Village Center Theater, December 5, 2011

  12. Scene 12 (1:31)
    LED, umbrella, etc. at Kobe Art Village Center Theater, December 5, 2011

All realized by Tetsuya Umeda with guests Tadashi Yonago (7), Takashi Ueno (8), and Takeshi Azuma (9, 10)

Video by Yasutaka Watanabe
Recorded by Takashi Azuma
Art direction and design by Yuzo Murabe
Edited by Mayumi Ito
Includes a 40-page accordion-style booklet with color photos by Yusuke Nishimitsu; a 26-page accordion-style booklet with color photos by Ujin Matsuo, Japanese liner notes by Mizuki Endo, Ryota Kuwakubo, and Yusuke Nishimitsu, and Tetsuya Umeda's activity history; and a three-fold leaflet with commentary by Takashi Ueda, Taku Unami, Saya, and Kanta Horio

Released in March 2012