Taro Hattori’s Rolling Counterpoint is a space for encounters designed to foster public dialogue about notions of division and belonging in contemporary society. Centered around a teahouse structure on a trailer hitched into a location, we will create a space for people to have on-going conversations about our everyday experiences of the current condition. Our conversation will start around one question about alter egos and shadow selves in our current cultural context. The question considers the specific challenges faced by the festival visitors, inspired by the project’s primary inquiries: What divides us? and What does it mean to belong?

 

On the tables around the teahouse, artistically printed paper with a question will be provided to visitors so that they may write out their answer if preferred. The artist and assistants will engage in conversations with visitors, and if the visitors choose, they will be invited into the teahouse to have a conversation and have tea with the artist Taro Hattori. Hattori collaborated with local Chinatown tea shops to present their tea leaves, traditional tea practice and related rituals.  The contributors (visitors) may also adhere the paper on the teahouse to display and share their reflections. 

 

Rolling Counterpoint was made possible by generous support of Lucas Artists Program at Montalvo Arts Center. The mobile teahouse was designed in collaboration with an architect Koji Saida at Saida and Sullivan Design Partners, Inc. 

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About Taro Hattori

Taro Hattori is an interdisciplinary artist who has shown his installations and socially engaged projects nationally and internationally. His recent work often creates relationships between physical sculpture and space with people with a specific socio-political background through their performances, conversations and singing. He has been a recent recipient of a grant from Creative Work Fund, Phyllis C Wattis Foundation, California Arts Council, Art Matters Foundation NY, Zellerbach Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation and others. He has been awarded a residency fellowship from MacDowell, Headlands Center for the Arts, Montalvo Arts Center, Djerassi Resident Artist Program, The de Young Museum, Kuandu Art Museum in Taiwan and others. He is currently teaching at California College of the Arts as the chair of Sculpture and Individualized Programs.

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Taro Hattori 服部太郎，滾動對位法

服部太郎的《滾動對位法》是為相遇而設的空間，用以促進公共對話，探討當代社會有關分歧和歸屬的觀念。作品圍繞一座茶居結構展開，用旅行拖車停駐於不同地點，來創造一個讓人就著目前境況分享日常經驗、持續對話的空間。我們的對話會由一道在現時的文化背景下，關於「另一個我」和「陰影自我」的問題開始。這道問題針對藝術節來客面對的特定挑戰，且受本項目的主要疑問啟發：令我們產生分歧的是什麼？何謂歸屬？

 

茶居的桌子上將擺放印有一道問題的藝術印刷紙，參加者可以選擇將答案寫在紙上。藝術家和他一眾助手會跟參加者對話，假如對方願意，也可以稍移玉步到茶居與藝術家服部太郎喝茶聊天。服部會跟華埠本地的茶舖合作，展示他們的茶葉、傳統茶道和相關儀式。參加者也可以將寫有答案的紙張貼在茶居當眼處，跟大家分享他們的想法。

 

《滾動對位法》承蒙 Montalvo 藝術中心的 Lucas 藝術家計劃慷慨支持。流動茶居與 Saida and Sullivan Design Partners, Inc. 建築師 Koji Saida 合作設計。

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Taro Hattori 服部太郎 是跨界別藝術家，其裝置作品及社區參與項目曾於國內外展出。他的近作多透過有特定社會經濟背景人士，藉其表演、對話及歌唱，建構他們與雕塑和具體空間之間的關係。Taro 近期榮獲以下機構的獎助金，包括：Creative Work Fund、Phyllis C Wattis 基金會、加州藝術委員會、紐約 Art Matters 基金會、Zellerbach 基金會、文化創新中心等。曾參與的藝術家駐場計劃包括：MacDowell、Headlands 藝術中心、Montalvo 藝術中心、Djerassi 藝術家駐場計劃、笛洋美術館、台灣關渡美術館等。現為加州藝術學院雕塑及個別化教育計劃主席，參與教學工作。