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sight seeing spot

Kenichi HAGIWARA

  • 2007
  • Installation
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This video work focuses on the minute actions of a photographic subject during a portrait photo shooting.

The artist installed a self-timed portrait photo machine - much like a so-called "purikura" - with a built-in full-HD video camera at tourist spots, to film for 30 seconds each the various behavior of customers fine-tuning their facial expressions and appearance prior to the actual portrait shooting. The resulting video footage of 150 people in total was shown while switching between multiple large liquid crystal displays. Through high-definition video images of the subjects' actions, spectators get a firsthand glimpse of the human mind that unconsciously tries to attain the ideal self-image.

[The concept and purpose of this work were not revealed to the subjects at the time of filming, but explained to the respective persons afterwards. Footage was only published after receiving permission and consent of portrait rights in each case.]

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Kenichi HAGIWARA

Photographer

Born 1978 in Yamagata Prefecture. Completed studies at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences [IAMAS] in 2007. Has been producing both still and moving works utilizing various visual media around photography as a central axis. His HD video portrait "sight seeing spot" was awarded a Special Prize at the Art Award Tokyo 2007.

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