Aoyama Shin | Yonezawa Shu "Characters of Voiceless Voices" (Part 2)
In this second part, Aoyama Shin reviews Yonezawa Shu's exhibition, exploring characters that emit voiceless voices through the relationship between mouth and anima.Summary
This article is the second part of Aoyama Shin's review of Yonezawa Shu's solo exhibition "Characters of Voiceless Voices." Yonezawa focuses on the "voice" of characters, viewing it as a phenomenon that freely traverses between anima and character. Critiquing the Western linear connection between soul, breath, and voice, and citing Fuse Rintaro's observations, the review discusses the possibility of the mouth detaching from the body. It defines the mouth as something "that failed to close," and referencing Shirakawa Shizuka's theory of kanji, argues that the mouth does not emit voice but rather receives the voice that fills the world. Regarding eyes, blinking is seen as the only breath allowed to the eye, questioning the impossibility of a complete visual field. The exhibition is described as a "chamber of water spirits (camera of Scylla)" rather than a "camera obscura," where anima dissolves into water and light.
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