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The Catcher in the Datura
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Written by Satoshi KOGANEZAWA   
Published: November 24 2008

 copy right(c)2007 AMPG

 copy right(c)2007 AMPG

The room light is turned off and scattered incandescent lamps illuminate a huge cage. It looks like one used to hold savage animals, but the lock is an unreliable padlock. We worry that it will break. Of course it is not an animal, but a plant inside the cage. However, the stem seems to struggle in all directions to pick the lock. The plant has a physicality, as if it is about to jump on us.

In 2006, he owned a field in Moriya, Ibaraki-prefecture, where he started to cultivate flowers/plants himself. This time, he has created a story based on Datura that has been grown for six months there. Datura, which is called "mad egg plant" and "mandarage" in Japanese, is famous for its hallucinatory effects caused by a deadly alkaloid poison contained in all parts of the plant. What happens if the Datura has its own intention? He must have such curiosity. As well as exhibiting the Datura , he asked Tomoyuki Hoshino, the author, to write a new novel, "Plant Hunter" included in "AMPP", based on which he produced a short film. Knowing the story, you should notice that the cage and the Datura are not the end of the story but the beginning.


Data
Artist: Makoto Azuma
Year: 2007
Genre: Installation
Owner: AMPG
Material: Datura, cage, gas mask
Size: H1500 x W1800 x D4000 (cage size)
Note: AMPG 7th Exhibition (October 1st - 20th, 2007)
Exhibition Style: three-dimensional work, short film, concept sheet
Last Updated on November 01 2015
 

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