WELCOME HOME
country
Japan
Year
2004, 2014-2016
2004, Group exhibition, KYOTO ART ANNUAL 2004. "WELCOME HOME", Kyoto.
2014-2016, Fieldwork art, "WELCOME HOME 2", YADOYA(KADOYA studio), Kyoto.
WELCOME HOME
2004 / KYOTO ART ANNUAL /Japan
material : Mixed media
cooperation : Sewing by Chisato Ishikawa
WELCOME HOME2
2014-16 / KADOYA studio(YADOYA) /Japan Fieldwork art
After officially opening the KADOYA studio in a corner of the house in 2009, the living space was opened as a guesthouse in 2014; in the one year and ten months to May 2016, around 500 guests stayed there.
I welcomed travellers every day, talked about all sorts of things over a cup of tea and repeating 'Okaeri (Welcome home)' and 'Itterasshai (Have a nice trip)'. One day I realised that what I was doing at the guesthouse was a continuation of "Welcome home(2004)" works, an installation that never ends.
In Japan, we say 'okaeri(welcome home)' when someone comes home and 'Itteerasshai' when someone leaves the house.
I wanted to share my daily life with travellers so that they could enjoy their own journeys and, if they wished, mingle with local life. And fortunately, my neighbours were people who enjoyed new encounters and cultural exchanges from abroad. There was a daily 'welcome back' and 'itterasshai', even from the neighbourhood.
