TANA Interview on Twitter

中ザワヒデキHidekiNAKAZAWA @nakaZAWAHIDEKI

TANA Interview on Twitter (start) #newmethod

TANA @TANA_Gallery

TANA Interview on Twitter (start) #newmethod

馬馬 @shogobaba

TANA Interview on Twitter (start) #newmethod

ひらま @qwertyu1357

TANA Interview on Twitter (start) #newmethod

TANA @TANA_Gallery

- Please give a brief explanation for your exhibition at TANA. #newmethod

ひらま @qwertyu1357

H (Hirama): This exhibition was prompted by the offer from the gallerist. Our work is to return books to a shelf. #newmethod

ひらま @qwertyu1357

We placed books onto the shelf. #newmethod

馬馬 @shogobaba

B (Baba): TANA is a space that renovated one block of a bookshelf into a gallery. #newmethod

馬馬 @shogobaba

We returned books that the gallerist removed to start the gallery, which we made as our exhibition. #newmethod

中ザワヒデキHidekiNAKAZAWA @nakaZAWAHIDEKI

N (Nakazawa): In the process of constructing the gallery, #newmethod

中ザワヒデキHidekiNAKAZAWA @nakaZAWAHIDEKI

the gallerist installed a transparent acrylic board in front of the space. #newmethod

中ザワヒデキHidekiNAKAZAWA @nakaZAWAHIDEKI

But we had to keep the acrylic board open in order to return the books to the shelf. #newmethod

中ザワヒデキHidekiNAKAZAWA @nakaZAWAHIDEKI

The gallerist kindly accepted our request, and we could realize this exhibition. #newmethod

TANA @TANA_Gallery

- Please introduce the group "New-Method." How has each member engaged with the group? #newmethod

ひらま @qwertyu1357

H: New-Method is New-Method. "New-Method" is "New-Method." #newmethod

馬馬 @shogobaba

B: New-Method is a group espousing "New-Methodicism" to complete "Methodicism" that practically #newmethod

馬馬 @shogobaba

put an end to its activity in 2004. "New-Method" consists of three who gathered by #newmethod

馬馬 @shogobaba

the call of the artist and ex-Methodicist Hideki Nakazawa [three including Nakazawa], #newmethod

馬馬 @shogobaba

which then declared "New-Methodicist Manfesto" and published/distributed #newmethod

馬馬 @shogobaba

the email bulletin "New-Method" on 4 September, 2010. The bulletin will be published on 4th of every month. #newmethod

馬馬 @shogobaba

Hirama Takahiro, Baba Shogo and Hideki Nakazawa form the three members of the group, #newmethod

馬馬 @shogobaba

and there is no special difference among the members concerning engagement with the group. #newmethod

中ザワヒデキHidekiNAKAZAWA @nakaZAWAHIDEKI

N: Takahiro Hirama held a series of three one-man shows in this summer, one of which included the phrase #newmethod

中ザワヒデキHidekiNAKAZAWA @nakaZAWAHIDEKI

"Method Music arriving 10 years behind." It inspired Nakazawa to form "New-Method." Shogo Baba used to be a member of #newmethod

中ザワヒデキHidekiNAKAZAWA @nakaZAWAHIDEKI

"Method Machine" formed as an activity of Methodicism. Hideki Nakazawa used to be an ex-Methodicist. #newmethod