Borderline Project @ Xmas event in Belfast

Hi Everybody,
Borderline Project will be in the Xmas event on Saturday 12th December tomorrow in Belfast like last year! See you on the site!
皆さん、
ボーダーラインプロジェクトですが、昨年同様明日12月12日(土)ベルファストのクリスマスイベントに参加します。現地で会いましょう！

My biggest solo exhibition In Northern Ireland is coming up next week!

My biggest solo exhibition in Northern Ireland is coming up from next week,
I hope you can make it.
北アイルランドで最大規模の自分の個展が来週開催されます。
是非お越し下さい。

Self Sufficient Life
Shiro Masuyama

Exhibition Opening: Friday 2 October, 7-9 pm*
3 October - 25 November
Artist Talk: Saturday 10 October, 2-3 pm

Millennium Court Arts Centre 
William Street, Portadown, Co Armagh, BT62 3NX 

http://millenniumcourt.org

*Free Bus leaves Belfast (golden thread gallery) at 6.30pm on 2 October. Leaves Portadown (to return to Belfast) at 9pm. For more information or to book a place contact geraldine@millenniumcourt.org

A new 68 page publication coincides with the exhibition, with essays by Jun Yang and Slavka Sverakova.

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Millennium Court Arts Centre is delighted to present ‘Self Sufficient Life’ a new solo exhibition by Shiro Masuyama which brings together three international projects made between 2012 and 2015.

Taking animal husbandry as his point of departure for the theme of self-sufficiency Masuyama travelled in Ireland (2012), Peru (2014) and Mongolia (2015) to make the three projects: ‘knitting the woollen jumper for the sheep I sheared using its own wool’, ‘weaving the scarf for the alpaca I sheared using its own wool’ and ‘making a saddle for the Bactrian camel I sheared using its own wool.’ In each location he learned the place specific techniques of shearing, spinning and weaving, in order to make an item of clothing for the sheared animal to wear.

Masuyama’s approach is collaborative and the work is shaped by the specific materials, skills, knowledge and energies of people in each place. The locations and landscapes in this series of works vary wildly, between rural Ireland to rural Peru and Mongolia which present more remote and self-sufficient environments. Ultimately the processes and dialogues involved in creating the three objects become central to each project.

The exhibition is composed of video documentation, photographic portraits of the animals and the objects themselves. Though realised with characteristic humour ‘Self Sufficient Life’ is motivated by genuine inquiry and raises political issues. Masuyama cites the 2011 Fukushima disaster, the resulting shockwaves through Japanese society and the implications of nuclear power for the future global energy landscape, both as prompting a significant shift in his own outlook and as a catalyst for this project, and its central theme of self-sufficiency.

Summer of 2015

Showed my caravan to my partner's mother and niece from Dublin
ダブリンから来た彼女のお母さんと姪にキャンピングカーを見せた。

I exhibited "Borderline Project" to raise funding for "Lagan Search & Rescue" to support my friend Peter Spence who worked with me on "Five Apples" project - The event is still going on - Please stop by and make a donation if you are in the area.
「五個の林檎」プロジェクトのために一緒に実現した友達のピータースペンスを助けるため、「ラーガンサーチ&レスキュー」のファンドレージングイベントで「ボーダラインプロジェクト」を見せた。イベントはまだやっているので、近くにいたら立ち寄って、寄付をお願いします！

"Five Apples 五個の林檎"
http://5applesproject.blogspot.co.uk

Half Irish and half British brown sauce / ハーフアイリッシュ&ハーフブリティッシュのソース

Because of my laziness, I have not displayed new collection though I got donations of Irish and British brown sauce from Andy last year. Sorry for displaying late, Andy !! I removed inside of sauce bottles before their displaying as the caravan has been getting heavier and hazier because of my massive collection.

アンディからアイリッシュとブリティッシュのブラウンソースを昨年寄贈してもらったにも関わらず、自分の怠惰で展示してなかった。ごめんなさいアンディ！キャンピングカーがたくさんのコレクションでどんどん重くなっているので、展示前にソースの中身を抜いた。
You  can see about the sauce from the following:
ソースについては以下から見れます。
http://borderlineshiromasuyama.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/merry-xmas-and-happy-new-year.html

Trying to find the best location to display the bottles of brown sauce 

ブラウンソースの一番いい設置場所を探す

(Following 3 pictures taken by : Irene Ferrando González)

A guest from Spain, Irene

スペインからのゲスト、アイリーン

Here is the "half Irish and half British" brown sauce !

 「ハーフアイリッシュ&ハーフブリティッシュ」のソース完成！

On 'Sculpture Magazine' April 2015 Vol.34 No.3 p.18

2 Guests for Borderline Project

Helen from Cork.
コークから来たヘレン

Yumi Song who came from Tokyo, Japan

東京から来たユミソンさん 

I will curate the exhibition, "When The Wind Blows" with Yumi Song at Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown. Don't miss our show !

ユミさんと一緒にポータダウンのミレニアムコートアートセンターで「風が吹くとき」展をキュレーションします。請うご期待！

http://millenniumcourt.org/when-the-wind-blows

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year !

Before leaving the Model, Sligo Andy kindly donated British and Irish brown sauce for the project. I have not written about it. Thank you so much Andy!
スライゴーのモデルを去る前にアンディが親切にもブリテッシュとアイリッシュのブラウン・ソースをプロジェクトへ寄贈してくれた。このことについては投稿してなかったので改めて。ありがとうアンディ！

Some part of wall papers have started coming off
壁紙の何カ所かがはがれてきた

Sticked them properly again.
またちゃんと貼り直した

Replaced broken parts of connecters to the battery
壊れたバッテリー接続端子を交換

When I attach the mirrors on the car, It's always hard to distinguish whether they are belong to left or right. So I labeled them.
サイドミラーを取り付ける際に左右どちらのか区別するのが 難しいので、ラベルを貼った。

I took out the Irish Monopoly from caravan for Christmas holidays.
クリスマスの休日のため、アイリッシュ・モノポリーをキャンピングカーから取り外した。 

I played the Irish Monopoly with my partner's family during the Christmas day.

クリスマスにパートナーの家族と一緒にモノポリーで遊んだ。 

See you next year !
また来年会いましょう！