Postings

2015-

Collection of street advertisement tabs and photographs

I have been collecting the tear-off tabs of street advertisements posted by people looking for various things, most typically jobs, tenants for rooms, or the sales of goods. For each tab, I make a note of the date and location where I encountered them in the city as well as type of business. The tabs have usually a telephone number or other contact information. I also photograph the flyers as well to record whole picture of advertisements. These street advertisements reflect the surrounding local economies and the collection together shows subtle arrangements in the social landscape–the geographic composition of people and their communities in the city.

Postings

2015年から

Collection of street advertisement tabs and photographs

街中に貼られた多種多様なチラシの千切って持って帰ってもよい連絡先の部分の収集を、チラシを発見した場所と時間の記録と共に、行なっている。 またチラシの全体は写真に撮影されて保存されている。街中に貼られる（個人の）広告は、（直接的には）その地域の経済状況を反映しているが、収集した広告の一部を全体的に眺めると、その地域の住民や共同体の分布を地理的に表す社会的景観が浮かび上がってくる。 また個々人によって無作為に貼られ、通りがかりの他者によって自由に持ち去られるチラシというシステムは、高度に情報化された現代のコミュニケーション方法からの逸脱を図っているようである。 

Postings (telephone book project)

The collection of street advertisement flyers also functions as a telephone directory of variety of businesses, organized by business categories and geographic locations and day that they are found. I entry the information on collected advertisements into data base to make my personal telephone book with which I can introduce their businesses to other people.

街中の広告を集めたコレクションは、発見場所と発見日時と共に職業別に分類されてデータ化されており、パーソナルな電話帳としても機能する。 

Postings (installation)

2017

Collection of street advertisement tabs

A skyline of the city made from the collection of found street advertisements tear-off. The tabs, sorted based on the locations they are found in the city. They together reveal subtle arrangements in the social landscape and the geographic composition of communities in the city.

Postings (installation)

2017

Collection of street advertisement tabs

街中に貼られた多種多様なチラシの千切って持って帰ってもよい連絡先の部分を使い、横並びに形作られたマンハッタンのスカイライン。 

Postings (Classified)

2017, 2018

Photographs of street advertisements

Classified pages for local newspaper composed of photographs of street advertisements found on the Lower East Side/ Two Bridge neighborhood in Manhattan. The advertisements are categorized by kind of business and marked with the date and location that they are found. These street advertisements reflect the surrounding local economies. There are few areas in New York, including Lower East Side, where people, mostly immigrants, still heavily rely on flyers written in their native languages because of work restrictions due to their immigration status and language barriers. The people posting for help are also often immigrants themselves running small businesses.

Postings (Classified)

2017, 2018

Photographs of street advertisements

街中に貼られた多種多様なチラシの写真をもとに構成された新聞の広告ページ。