Camo-cafe

Camo-cafe

~ 葉っぱはんがの部屋 ~

 

廃校になった中学校でアートと演劇の企画を行う2つのNPOからの依頼。有名俳優から若い芸術家、地域の親子連れなど、施設を訪れる幅広い層が互いに交流・影響しあえるようなカフェが求められました。驚くほど低予算なため、必要以外は新しい建材を何も消費せず、人の手と庭の植物で空間を彩りました。ワークショップを開き壁や備品に葉っぱの版画を施します。たくさんの人がくり返し、何千もの心が空間にこめられました。そこを人々は「幸福の部屋」と呼び親しんでいます。これまで足を踏み入れなかった近隣の人達も、気づけばふとカフェに立ち寄り、くつろいで行くのでした。

 

2008年
場所:にしすがも創造舎、東京都豊島区
施主:NPO芸術家とこどもたち、NPOアートネットワークジャパン
素材:再利用の材木、葉っぱの版画 etc.
塗装協力:なかむらしゅうへい
版画:officemikiko+ワークショップ参加者の皆さん
写真撮影:栗原論

 

 

Camo-cafe

~ Thousands of Leaf-stamps ~

 

This project was commissioned by two NPOs which organize Arts and Theater events in a closed school building. They wished to have a common space where various visitors, actors, artists, and adults and children from the neighbors, communicate with each other.
For saving the limited budget, we tried not to purchase new material but re-use the stuffs such as hands of people and leaves of trees existing there. We had workshops and made leaf-stamps on the wall, and for many times and by many people, thousands of wishes have been marked into the space. People love this place and call it “Room of Happiness”. Many of the neighbors drop by and relax here, including those who had never entered the building in the past.

 

2008
site: Nishi-sugamo Arts Factory, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan
clients: NPO Children Meets Artists, NPO Art Nerwork Japan
materials: Paintings, Leaf stamps, etc.
painting advice: Shuhei Nakamura
stamp works: officemikiko & workshop participants
photo: Osamu Kurihara