FORTY PERCENT AGAINST RIGHTS:
The truth is out there
2020 11.13 — 11.29
Overview
FORTY PERCENT AGAINST RIGHTS (FPAR) is a Tokyo based street brand. They have built their identity by sending out slogans and messages utilizing T-shirts and other apparel as their primary medium with silkscreen as the print method.
Many of the words that FPAR uses are abstract. Their interpretation is left to those who see and hear them. There are various messages put out, such as those that sometimes suggest the state of modern society or those that touch on human beings’ work and spirit. The title of this exhibition, “The truth is our there,” refers to the truth that everyone has overlooked and is a general term of the phenomenon itself in which FAPR’ s words match up with the real world.
We who now live in the life of COVID-19 recognize the preciousness of everyday life that we enjoyed up until then. In shifting to a simple life as the n ew normal, we are facing significant challenges in this present era. From global social issues overlooked before COVID-19, such as environmental situations that bring on global climate change, each person must face and endure the changes, from the individual lifestyle to the future.
By releasing messages through various media that touch on modern society’s contradictions and the essence of human beings, how will we reconsider the present era and how will we commit to the future we have not seen yet. It is an exhibition that makes you think about such themes.
東京を拠点に活動するストリートブランド、FORTY PERCENT AGAINST RIGHTS(FPAR)はシルクスクリーンを手法に、Tシャツを始めとするアパレルを主な媒体としてスローガンやメッセージを発信し、アイデンティティを構築してきました。
FPARが発信する言葉の多くは抽象的で、その解釈は見聞きした人に委ねられています。それはときに現代社会の有り様を示唆したもの、人間の業や心の裡に迫ったものなど、様々。本展覧会のタイトルである“The truth is out there”は、誰もが見過ごしてきた真実について言及したものです。そして、FPARの言葉がリアルな世界と符合する現象そのものを総称しています。
コロナ禍を生きる我々は、それまで当たり前に享受していた日常の尊さを知り、ニューノーマルとしてシンプルな生活へシフトする過程で、今の時代が抱える大きな課題に直面しています。世界的な気候変動をもたらす環境問題をはじめ、コロナ以前には見過ごされてきた地球規模の社会問題から個人の生活様式に至るまで、将来を見据えてそれぞれが向き合い、実践することが求められています。
現代社会の抱える矛盾や人間の本質に触れたメッセージを様々な媒体を通して発信することで、今という時代を捉え直し、まだ見ぬこれから先の時代とどのような形でコミットしてゆくか。そういったテーマについて考えさせられる展覧会となっています。
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