2002 Moya Museum:Shoshiro Kawagoe and Moya

25 May - 23 June 2002

Presented in the Artist-in-Residence exhibition

Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan

 

During a stay at Aomori Contemporary Art Centre as part of their artist-in-residence scheme, I interviewed Shoshiro Kawagoe, a local resident who lives in the town of Moya, close to the Art Centre. I presented the results as Moya Museum in a local town hall.

In the 'Memuseum', texts and video based on the interviews, memorial objects, and photographs were displayed. In the interviews Mr. Kawagoe talked about his personal history, relationships with Moya, and local history and incidents. The displays also included his personal belongings such as old agricultural tools, old maps of the area, and books documenting the local history.

I also conducted a workshop with children in the Moya district about their memories in Moya, and reflected the results in the same museum. In this project, I tried to reconstruct and represent an individualÅfs relationships with his town and its people through his experiences and memories.