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 VIRTUAL ROOM
VIDEO PERFORMANCE “U”(GHOST ROOM)
GALLERY U, NAGOYA 1978

correspondent action”. Thus
“Hand” implies possibility of
new dimension of art that would
expand and deepen the expres-
sion of sensibility.
VIDEO PERFORMANCE “U”
GHOST ROOM
From the entrance of the
g a l l e r y a u d i e n c e s g o u p
the s t airs, facing monitor
television A which is showing
a person who appears to be
an author. However, such an
author-like person cannot be
found anywhere in the room.
When stepping to the center
of the room, the audiences
find monitor B in front of them
in which they are seeing the
author who should not have
been there. On the screen,
they also see other images of
the make-believe author talking
to them around the table, or
serving coffee to them. What
come up are not only those
images but sounds. They hear
a slam of the door, the footsteps
of someone coming up the
stairs, or the telephone bell
apparently answered by the
author. The reality is, however,
that no one is coming, no bell is
answered. The work gives the
audiences a sense of “presence”
at the live performance, as
they experience an interesting
“encounter between the past
and present through the images”
by taking part in them.

BREATH NO.4 HUMAN BODY
FAMOUS
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS