In Japan this summer there will be two, simultaneously held, photographic exhibitions by David Sylvian. ‘Abandon’ will open in Tokyo on the July 22nd at Spiral Garden. The second, Hope, opens on July 20th in an abandoned building located in the port town of Uno (Okayama) as part of the Setouchi International Art festival 2013.
The current details are as follows:
from 22nd July – 29th July : Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
from 20th July – 1st September : Uno (Okayama), Japan. Commissioned by the Setouchi International Art festival 2013 (setouchi triennale).
david sylvian : abandon / hope
to live without hope is to live in the present
“I’d begun to consider what it means to dwell in a state of hopelessness. That is, to attempt to live without submitting to the impulse to project possible outcomes resulting from one’s actions. To work fully committed to the present moment, to seek solutions, to treat others with dignity and compassion whatever the circumstances. Hope does tend to get in the way in this respect as it takes you out of the present towards an idealised or preferred outcome. Or, if a better outcome isn’t imaginable, if the situation appears without merit, it can lead to inertia, inaction. To live without hope but without a loss of love for, and commitment to life this, it seems to me, is perhaps a good place from which to start.”
david sylvian 2009
In Japan this summer there will be two, simultaneously held, photographic exhibitions by David Sylvian. ‘Abandon’ will open in Tokyo on the July 22nd at Spiral Garden. The second, Hope, opens on July 20th in an abandoned building located in the port town of Uno (Okayama) as part of the Setouchi International Art festival 2013.
The current details are as follows:
abandon / hope
from 22nd July – 29th July
Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
abandon / hope
from 20th July – 1st September
Uno (Okayama), Japan. Commissioned by the Setouchi International Art festival 2013 (setouchi triennale).
the project “abandon/ hope” also incorporates two especially commissioned sound installations, curated by david, as part of the Setouchi Art Festival 2013.
The sound installation is divided into two sections: 1) a composition by Taylor Deupree, entitled ‘Too Close To Being Far Away From Everything’. This can be heard via a playbutton (MP3 player) for rent or purchase from the mobile Kiosk in Uno. 2) A reading of various quotations by several famous philosophers broadcast by loudspeaker from the mobile KIOSK.
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Add.1
On June 1st 2013, the above message was posted on the official David Sylvian Facebook page. After many positive, but unfortunately also some quite aggressive negative comments, the complete Facebook page was removed on June 2nd.
on June 5th 2013, the official Facebook page was back alive.
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On June 4th 2013, Taylor Dupree tweetet the following message:
