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Invitation 3: Taipei /TW
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The gift exercise / Invitation 3: Taipei
Hosted by Taipei Contemporary Arts Center TCAC and TreeTreeTree Person Residency, 2017
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Invitation 3: Taipei is a reflection about the ambivalent meaning of hospitality on the ground of colonial heritage on a historical as well as on a personal level in their role as Western / Japanese artists. The hot towel called „Oshibori“ is one of the symbols of Japanese hospitality culture. It is served to the guest in order to clean his hands and face. In the damp heat before the arrival of typhoon Nesat, Willimann/Arai prepare in a ritualistic and sterile process 66 hot towels, using water from the nearby temple and gauze fabric, which is traditionally used for curing wounds. The Oshibori then are offered to the visitors and passers-by of the surrounding popular district in order to dry their sweat.
Invitation 3: Taipeiは、植民地時代の遺産を背景にアンビヴァレントな歓待の意味と、西欧/日本人のアーティストとしての役割についての考察を行なった作品です。
「おしぼり」と呼ばれるホットタオルは、日本のおもてなし文化の象徴の1つです。 通常、ゲストの手や顔をきれいにするために提供されます。台風の到着前の湿った暑さの中で、Willimann/Araiは儀式的に、近くの寺院からの��と創傷を治癒するために伝統的に使用されているガーゼを使用して、おしぼりを準備します。それらのおしぼりは、地元の人々や通行人、観光客に提供されました。
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