Traveling Knitting Machine
《旅するニットマシン》


concept movie


Cotton Alley-R.S Shopping Centre, 2020

Cotton Alley – Cotton Alley, 2020

Cotton Alley – Cotton Alley, 2020

Gandhi Peace Foundation – Cotton Alley, 2020

The Raintree Hotel – Gandhi Peace Foundation, 2020

Taipei – The Raintree Hotel, Chennai, 2020

Taipei – Taipei, 2019

Taipei – Taipei, 2019

Siem Reap – Taipei, 2019

Night Market – Near Night Market, 2019

Night Market – Night Market, 2019

Tokyo – Night Market, Siem Reap, 2019

Nagasaki Airport – Shintora Avenue, 2017

Glover Sky Road – Nagasaki Airport, 2017

Near Oranda-zaka – Glover Sky Road, 2017

Nagasaki Brick Hall – near Oranda-zaka, 2017

Omotesando – Nagasaki Brick Hall, 2017

Hong Kong – Omotesando via Shinagawa and Hanzomon, 2017

Shenzhen – Hong Kong, 2016

Shenzhen – Shenzhen, 2016

Shenzhen – Shenzhen, 2016

Shenzhen – Shenzhen, 2016

Shenzhen – Shenzhen, 2016

Shenzhen – Shenzhen, 2016

Shenzhen – Shenzhen, 2016

Shenzhen – Shenzhen, 2016

Shenzhen – Shenzhen, 2016

Shinagawa – Shenzhen via Hong Kong, 2016

Shanghai – Shibuya, 2016

Shanghai – Shanghai, 2016

Shanghai – Shanghai, 2016

Shanghai – Shanghai, 2016

Tokyo – Shanghai, 2016

Shinagawa – Omotesando, 2016

Akihabara – Osaka via Shinagawa, 2016

Shinagawa – Akihabara, 2016

Haneda Airport – Wakayama, 2016

Da Nang – Da Nang, 2015

Da Nang – Da Nang, 2015

Da Nang – Da Nang, 2015

Haneda Airport – Da Nang via Narita International Airport, 2015

Sapporo Station – New Chitose Airport, 2015

Sapporo Station – Sapporo Station, 2015

Sapporo Station – Sapporo Station, 2015

Keikyu-Kamata Station – Sapporo Station, 2015

Shinagawa – Osaka City Central Public Hall, 2015

Niseko – Shibuya, 2015

Osaka – Niseko via Tokyo, 2015

Dotonbori – Dotonbori, 2015

Enokoshima – Dotonbori, 2015

Amagasaki – Enokoshima, 2015

Shinagawa – Amagasaki via Nippori, Ikebukuro, Tokyo Station, and Osaka, 2015

Marunouchi – Marunouchi, 2015

Marunouchi – Marunouchi, 2015

Marunouchi – Marunouchi, 2015

Togoshi-ginza – Osaki Station, 2015

Nihonbashi – Nihonbashi, 2015

Shinagawa – Nihonbashi, Tokyo via Odawara, 2015

Kaminarimon.Street – Kaminari Mon, 2014

DiverCity Tokyo Office Tower – Kaminarimon.Street, 2014

My Atelier – DiverCity Tokyo Office Tower, 2014

Musashi-koyama – Musashi-koyama, 2014

My Atelier – Musashi-koyama, 2014

My Atelier – Nishi-shinagawa, 2014

Hong Kong International Airport – My Atelier, Tokyo, 2014

The Park Lane – The Park Lane via Gloucester Street, Sugar Street, and Great George Street, 2014

Hysan Place – Cause Way Bay, Hong Kong, 2014

Hysan Place – Hysan Place, Hong Kong, 2014

Joeten hafaadai Shopping Center, Saipan – Hysan Place, Hong Kong via Tokyo, 2014

Joeten hafaadai Shopping Center – Joeten hafaadai Shopping Center, 2014

Garapan Street Market – Joeten Hafaadai Shopping Center, 2014

Garapan Street Market – Garapan Street Market, 2014

Solty’s Grill&Cafe – Garapan Street Market via Fiesta Resort and Spa, Saipan, 2014

Front of Fiesta Resort and Spa, Saipan – Solty’s Grill&Cafe, 2014

Front of Fiesta Resort and Spa, Saipan – Front of Fiesta Resort and Spa, Saipan via room#259, 2014

H.I.S. Saipan Inc – Front of Fiesta Resort and Spa, Saipan, 2014

Saipan International Airport – H.I.S. Saipan Inc, 2014

Narita International Airport – Saipan International Airport, 2014
※It was an immigration procedure place, so a picture couldn’t be taken.

Starbucks Shibuya Tsutaya Store – Togoshi-ginza Shopping Street via FabCafe Shibuya, Tokyo Station, and Musashi-koyama, 2014

Shibuya Mark City – Starbucks Shibuya Tsutaya Store via Shinagawa Ward, 2014

FabCafe Shibuya – Shibuya Mark City, 2014

Musashi-koyama – FabCafe Shibuya, 2014

  Yoyogi Gymnasiums 1 – Yoyogi Gymnasiums 1, 2014

My Atelier – Yoyogi National Stadium Yoyogi Gymnasiums 1, 2014

Huddersfield Station – Tate Modern via Wakefield Westgate Station, King’s Cross Station, Hackney and Millennium Bridge, 2014

Ambleside Pier – Huddersfield Station, 2014

Church Street, Bowness – Ambleside Pier via the World of Beatrix Potter Attraction, 2014

Hackney, London – Bowness pier, Lake Windermere, Lake District, 2014

Turkish Food Centre – Hackney, 2014

Dalston Junction Station – Turkish Food Centre, 2014

Science Museum – Dalston Junction Station, 2014

Sloane Square – Science Museum, 2014

Kingsland Shopping Centre – Sloane Square, 2014

Barbican Lounge – Kingsland Shopping Centre via Ridley Road Market and London Fields, 2014

Barbican Centre – Barbican Lounge, 2014

Embankment Pier – Barbican Centre via St Paul’s Cathedral and Hackney, 2014

Ridley Road – Ridley Road, 2014

     Design Museum – Embankment Pier, 2014

Hackney – Design Museum, 2014

Buckingham Palace – Trafalgar Square, 2014

Green Park – Buckingham Palace, 2014
※Forgot completion photo..

Green Park – Green Park, 2014

Brick Lain – Green Park, 2014

Atlantis Art Shop at Brick Ln – near Brick Ln, 2014

 Old Spitalfields Market – Atlantis Art Shop at Brick Ln, 2014

Folgate St – Old Spitalfields Market, 2014

Hackney – Folgate St, 2014

Regent St – 29 Upper St, 2014

Japan Centre at Piccadilly Circus – Regent St, 2014

Near Highbury & Islington Station – Japan Centre at Piccadilly Circus, 2014

Ridley Road Food Market – Near Highbury & Islington Station, 2014

London Fields – Ridley Road Food Market, 2014

London Fields – London Fields, 2014

Ridley Rd – London Fields, 2014

Turkish Food Centre – Ridley Rd, 2014

My Atelier – Turkish Food Centre in London, 2014

 

 

 

2014-2020
Knitting machine, plastic, metal.
31×80×24cm

2014-2020年
編み機、プラスチック、金属
31×80×24cm

 

 

編み機とキャリーケースが一体となったマシンを転がしながら私は旅に出る。車輪が転がると糸が編まれる。街行く人々は、3Dプリンター製のパーツと透明な素材で作られたケースの中にニットが溜まっていく様子を見ることができる。声をかけられたらそれまでに編まれたニットをプレゼントしていくプロジェクトである。
子どもが生まれて制作時間が思うように取れなくなってしまったり、どこか社会と遮断されたような感覚があった。毎日の育児で必ず外出や散歩をするので、出かけながらいつの間にかできている社会とつながるような作品、という発想が原点のプロジェクトである。私たちはどんな状況下でもものを生み出すことができる。
マシンの制作資金はクラウドファンディングで集めた。制作段階から外部の人を巻き込む、これも私にとって社会とつながる方法だった。
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