Cloth that is too special to be thrown away is kept in chests for long periods of time. In the Remake Project, I take them into my care for you and remake them to accentuate your life so that you can enjoy reusing them. For this current exhibition, I have taken 4 pairs of Keiko Kawashima's pants into my care and remade them. this is The Case of Keiko Kawashima .
When I use things so much that they become used up, I think it's nice that they can be turned into Japanese dusters (zoukin).
Exhibition, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, 2008.
The shape of a cotton kimono is straight, and the material is natural. I think this is a complete process to make zoukin. Western clothes are constructed from a lot more pieces of fabric using complex pattern-making, so it is much more difficult for them to become zoukin. This is why I enjoy the meandering path of remaking them on their way to becoming dusters. It's not artwork, but an everyday practice, because originally textiles exist as daily items.
Using red stitches, I gradually remade some black pants where they were stained, thin and threadbare, so that they gradually became redder and redder. I've been wearing them since 1999 and they're turning into beautiful red zoukin.
At Gallery Gallery EX, Kyoto, in 2002, I had hoped to have more artwork, a number of friends gave clothes into my care, I remade them for the show and returned them to the owners after the exhibition. I didn't have any works left in my possession after that show as everything had been given back.
From 2007 I made merchandise. And so, from the current show I have co-ordinated plastic and other cloth to become hats, dresses and knitted shirts. When I construct with plastic, the work isn't biodegradable so fusion with cloth doesn't create beautiful zoukin or upgrade the value of the object in an ecological sense. It forces me to consider where the end-product will finish up. In this case, I think it's best not to create objects which are entirely new, however I do still have strong desires to do so, and this issue plays on my mind every day.
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