Tatsumi Orimoto: Punishment
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- http://www.vernissage.tv | Known for his use of bread as a universal symbol for communication, Japanese performance artist Tatsumi Orimoto uses bread yet again as his main element in his performance Punishment. In this work, performed in the section Performing ARCO, several people are tied to a post and have their eyes blindfolded, with a box full of bread hanging from around their necks. One after another, they fall to the ground, and the bread spills out across the floor. "Tatsumi's performance might well make allusion to the crucifixion of 26 Christian missionaries in Japan in the 16th century, as punishment for their perceived destabiliszing influence. Orimoto thus expresses how the carrier of bread, the bearer of a different other message, is seen as a threat and is persecuted and martyred. Through the bread scattered on the floor in Punishment, we are witnesses to this waste of communication." (excerpt from the press release). Tatsumi Orimoto was born in Kawasaki City, Japan, in 1946. He studied at ...
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