HD Criticism
Panorama of Defence
2018
Print on PVC, PVC blank sheets, velcro tape, duct tape, grommet
Even after the exhibition EU in 2017, Fujiwara continues to examine visual violence and its display. The EU installation originated from one of his primary influences: the MoMA's 1942 exhibition design for The Road to Victory: a procession of photographs of the nation at war, directed by Lt. Cmdr. Edward Steichen (appointed by the US Navy), and designed by Austrian-American architect Herbert Bayer.
The installation work Panorama of Defence (2018) is Fujiwara's further examination of the display method of photography, based on Herbert Bayer's theory of exhibition design, by using the photographer's depictions which pertain to the body. Various details —Medieval Knight, Livestocks, Riot Police and their Video Camera— were configured on graphic software and printed out, mapped into physical space according to the monitor. Velcro stripes, which Fujiwara borrows from the contemporary bulletproof jacket design, are transformed into grid guides of the program, becoming the support of the body images. As a result, the elements of visual language hover as graphic data, i.e. preprint.
(The 1942 exhibition Road to Victory was supposed to be titled "Panorama of Defence" initially. Nevertheless, the Attack on Pearl Harbor triggered the Pacific War, and thus, the name was changed to "Road to Victory".)
Panorama of Defence
2018
Print on PVC, PVC blank sheets, velcro tape, duct tape, grommet
Even after the exhibition EU in 2017, Fujiwara continues to examine visual violence and its display. The EU installation originated from one of his primary influences: the MoMA's 1942 exhibition design for The Road to Victory: a procession of photographs of the nation at war, directed by Lt. Cmdr. Edward Steichen (appointed by the US Navy), and designed by Austrian-American architect Herbert Bayer.
The installation work Panorama of Defence (2018) is Fujiwara's further examination of the display method of photography, based on Herbert Bayer's theory of exhibition design, by using the photographer's depictions which pertain to the body. Various details —Medieval Knight, Livestocks, Riot Police and their Video Camera— were configured on graphic software and printed out, mapped into physical space according to the monitor. Velcro stripes, which Fujiwara borrows from the contemporary bulletproof jacket design, are transformed into grid guides of the program, becoming the support of the body images. As a result, the elements of visual language hover as graphic data, i.e. preprint.
(The 1942 exhibition Road to Victory was supposed to be titled "Panorama of Defence" initially. Nevertheless, the Attack on Pearl Harbor triggered the Pacific War, and thus, the name was changed to "Road to Victory".)