symbolic tamaire ｜ 2023
Iron pipe, rattan, hemp rope, white cloth, black cloth, red string

The symbolism of a certain animal, the “○○○○○”. In Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, the ○○○○○, once extinct in the wild in Japan, has been successfully reintroduced to the wild. There are ○○○○○ characters painted around train stations and on street shutters, products related to the ○○○○○, and ○○○○○-shaped mailboxes. We see those more often than the ○○○○○ itself. It is true that the ○○○○○ is a "symbol of Toyooka. However, I had a strange feeling about the distance between the symbol and those made into the symbol. The ○○○○○ is also known as a "symbol of happiness" and a "symbol of symbiosis with nature. Being made into symbols seems to extend to a point that has little to do with them themselves.
A special ball game called "symbolic tamaire" was performed. The "symbol ball" imitates the ○○○○○, and the "cage tower" imitates the artificial nest tower in which the ○○○○○ lives. Balls were freely thrown in with these competition tools. However, one rule was established. In advertising, in the actual performance, and in conversation, we were not to use the word “○○○○○” at all. It was replaced by another word such as "symbol of Toyooka" or "symbol of happiness. The reason for this was to have the participants experience that mysterious feeling.













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