Paris Iridescent | Tokyo Rumando, Toshihiro Oshima | Zen foto gallery 2024
This book is brand new!
For the creation of Paris Iridescent, some of the films from “The Story of S” (since 2015) were matured over several years, reconstructed and re-cut as this Paris edition. This is the first in the series, to be followed by a second and third.
The video work “The Story of S” is a project I started with Oshima more than ten years ago. My main role was to create the performance and the concept. Exploring the meaning of “S” is a motivating theme derived from my own memory — it is a place for me to experiment with new perspectives, different video techniques and performances, and a media space where creations with a high degree of freedom can be accumulated and connected together.
As those who have seen the videos may know, the video begins with a close-up of my legs as I continue to walk in high heels. This continuous walking performance is very important to me. It reflects how I am constantly moving forward. And on my way forward I make a series of stops — artworks — and my path is gradually completed.
In this first part (Paris) I mainly use footage from my live performance in Paris. The audience watched my performance through small peepholes.
The book colourfully illustrates the relationship between their desire to look through the peephole and their relationship with “S”. - Tokyo Rumando