■タイトル：六時半です/it’s half past six 

■アーティスト：レネ・アバロア/Renée Abaroa

■ 会期：2024年12月19日（木）-22日（日）9:00-21:00　(19日は17時より開催)

■ 会場：天神山アートスタジオ 1F 展示スペース

■ 入場・参加無料

■ 展覧会「六時半です/it’s half past six 」について

「六時半です/it’s half past six 」というタイトルは、私がこのプロジェクトに取り組んでいる時間に由来している。ここに描かれているキャラクターは2018年に初めて描かれたもので、音楽を逃避の手段とするニヒリストのエイリアンだ。それぞれのイラストは曲からインスピレーションを得ており、このプロジェクトは描かれたプレイリストになっている。

私の父方の家族は全員音楽家で、幼い頃から音楽は私の人生において本当に重要な位置を占めていた。祖父がピアノを弾く音は、いつも私と祖母の料理のお供となっていた。
父との最初の思い出のひとつに、父が茶色い大きな箱を見せてくれたことがある。そこには父の最も大切な楽器であるトランペットが入っていた。また、父とYouTubeで、交互に音楽を聴かせ合ったことも数え切れないほど覚えている。
アバロア家の団欒はすべてジャムセッションとなり、話す話題のほとんどは音楽に関するものだ。 そのため、私は若い頃から様々なジャンルに触れ、好奇心を掻き立てられた。渡辺貞夫、関戸茂雄、稲垣次郎と彼のソウル・メディア、日野皓正、カシオペアなどなど。

結論として、このイラストは私の祖先への賛歌であり、音楽への愛である。

札幌は私の心の中で本当に特別な場所であり、私が札幌を愛する理由のひとつは、プレシャスホールに行ったことにある。あのスピーカーのクオリティ、イコライジング、音の分割は、私がまるで死んでいた状態の時に蘇らせてくれた。

The name “it’s half past six” comes from the time I have been working on this project. The character was first drawn in 2018, its a nihilist alien that uses music as an escape. Each of the illustrations is inspired by a song, making this project a drawn playlist, as of today 133 songs have been illustrated. 

   All of my family members from my fathers side are musicians; so growing up music played a really important part of my life. The sound of my grandfather playing the piano always accompanied the cooking sessions of me and my grandmother. One of my first memories with my dad is him showing me a big brown box that was the home of his most precious instrument, his trumpet, I remember feeling astonished every time I would hear him play it, as well as the the piano and accordion. With my father I also remember the countless times we sat down on YouTube and took turns showing each other music, this sessions would go on for hours. All of the Abaroa family reunions turn into jam sessions, and most of the speaking topics are music related.  Because of this I was introduced to a lot of different genres from a young age, and this sparked a curiosity within me that ended up making me constantly try to find more, I spend a lot of my time in LP stores or roaming around the internet trying to discover new sounds. When I was younger I stumble across Japanese Jazz/ Funk from the 70´s, I was left speechless by the songs as well as the cover designs; to this day I think this era has the most amazing covers and a lot of my all time favorite songs, Sadao Watanabe, Shigeo Sekito, Jiro Inagaki and his Soul Media, Terumasa Hino, Casiopea, among many others. 

 

  In conclusion this illustrations are just an ode to my ancestry, and love for Music

 

  Sapporo has a really special place of my heart, part of my love for it comes from going to precious hall (shoutouttoconnor), their sound system made me experience music and sound in a way I never imagined you could. The quality of those speakers, equalization and division of sound could bring me back to like when I die.   

■アーティストについて

レネ・アバロア/Renée Abaroa （デザイン）：活動拠点 メキシコ

You can listen to the playlist here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2bCPlqoXhqzwO9zj6OpJ6C?si=2a0fff3efdb14cbd

 

To see all the illustrations: 

https://www.instagram.com/nihilistlilshit/

 

   Renée Abaroa (Guadalajara, 1998) completed the BA of Visual Arts at ESARQ (Escuela Superior de Arquitectura). She has an illustration diploma course from the university NABA in Milan. She has done residency programs in México, Iceland and Japan; her work has been exhibited in Mexico, Italy, Iceland, Canada, Austria, Japan, Portugal and South Korea. She worked as an artist assistant for six years. 

   Her work explores the idea of unknown space. She thinks that when you arrive at a new place there is always a sense of total uncertainty; but as you walk through it and experience this new unknown you start to find elements and patterns that remind you of previously inhabited spaces, generating comparisons and connections. As Wittgenstein would say “The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.”  She moves through various techniques including painting, photography, video, sound art, installation and embroidery. 

 

To see more of her work: 

https://www.instagram.com/vomitodeartista/