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Tokyo Streetworks 2001On August 18, 2001, eight Streetworks were installed around Tokyo, Japan. The pieces were created on the sides of cardboard boxes, the most prolific material found on Tokyo streets. Expertly bundled boxes placed on the sidewalk for disposal served as ideal surfaces on which to ink, draw, scratch, paint and paste, images that captured part of the identity of those that people the Tokyo streets, which remains mostly masked to outsiders. Most of the Tokyo Streetworks were removed or taken within a week-their location is unknown. One piece, Jimbocho, continues to kindle new encounters. Made from an old broomhead placed inside a slatted wooden cheesebox, it was placed on an disused notice board in an alley off Yasukuni-dori in the Jinbocho district. Messages received three years later read: I am a photographer living in Japan and one early morning in May I was strolling with my camera in Jimbocho when I came across one of your Streetworks. I really enjoyed the piece and the concept. I photographed it thinking that I would make a postcard and send it along to you…(July 13, 2004). …I really appreciate your work. That morning that I found your piece was a very important one for me; a kind of crossroads in my life. I think that I shall never forget that walk with my camera and meeting up with your treasure attached to a wall in Jimbocho. I was intense and deep in thought when the broom caught my eye and then upon closer inspection I noticed something written on a small, worn piece of paper; your name and address. Best regards, Wynn (September 5, 2004). |
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