sticks and stones won’t ever break our bones, installation view, Tokyo Art and Space Hongo Gallery, Tokyo, 19.08-24.09.2023

sticks and stones won’t ever break our bones, 2023

film installation, 4K film with sound, screen dimensions variable, 4’58”, black and white, aspect ratio 4:3, lopped, pendant light of temperature 2600K, audio speakers on pedestals, dark-grey carpet, ed.3+2AP

Written and Directed by - Grzegorz Stefański 脚本・監督, Performers - Sayuri Iimori, Yoshiya Yoshimitsu, パフォーマー, Director of Photography - Rosie Taylor 撮影監 Sound Designer - Gerhard Funabiki-Senz サウンドデザイナー, Camera Assistant - Hiroshi Hashiguchi カメラアシスタント, Co-Producer - Ayumi Uno (TOKAS) 共同プロデューサー, Assistant Producer - Misaki Shimizu アシスタントプロデューサー, Shot on location at - Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum 撮影地, Special Thanks 謝辞 Tokyo Arts and Space, Panavision Japan, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Adam Mickiewicz Institute

Young men and women engage and disengage in a series of child-like activities within the environment of a traditional Japanese house. The status of their relationship is unclear, and the continuity of the narrative is undermined by the form resembling a memory or dream. Quietly unsettling, the film navigates a thin line between care and violence in relational dynamics.

sticks and stones won’t ever break our bones, installation view, Tokyo Art and Space Hongo Gallery, Tokyo, 19.08-24.09.2023

sticks and stones won’t ever break our bones, installation view, Tokyo Art and Space Hongo Gallery, Tokyo, 19.08-24.09.2023

sticks and stones won’t ever break our bones, installation view, Tokyo Art and Space Hongo Gallery, Tokyo, 19.08-24.09.2023

sticks and stones won’t ever break our bones, installation view, Tokyo Art and Space Hongo Gallery, Tokyo, 19.08-24.09.2023