人は、道具を持つことで、例えば一本の棒を持つことで、もうひとつの外皮をもちます。

シェイクスピアズダイアログは、拡張された外皮を可視化する試みです。

自然界には、自分を大きく見せたり、擬態で姿を消したり、ときには自ら発光する生物がたくさんあります。身体の延長線上にバリアを作ったり外したりしながら、相手の可能な動きを封じ込め、自己と環境の境界を操ろうとします。

棒を持った人と人が対峙するとき、変形する鎧、変形する巣が身体の周りに生じます。眼には見えないけれど、お互いの脳の中では形が像を結んでいます。

シェイクスピアズダイアログ…あの有名な劇作家の？ さにあらず、「シェイク（振る）スピアズ（槍）ダイアログ（対話）」と いう意味の造語です。素朴な棒切れが延長する身体を、見える形として残す工夫が、無邪気な遊具になり、対話ゲームに発展し、古武道上達のツールになったりもします。

単に美しい絵や風景を描こうとするのではなく、生命の動きが織り成す形の美しさを追求するために、スタジオは今日も才気あふれるコラボレーターやワークショップメンバーが集い、さまざまな試みや創意工夫の場となっています。表れた光跡の、描線の、なんて！美しいことでしょう。

ここから新たなアートが生まれます。

Shake Spears Dialog series

Human beings are able to wear another shell outside of their skin by using tools like handling a stick. Shakespear dialog is an experiment for the visualization of augmented shells of human beings.

We can find various species of living creatures which camouflage, hide and swell their bodies for survive on the face of the earth. By giving changes to their body, they can avoid themselves from any possible attacks of a predator and also try to jump over the limitation between the natural organic body and the environment.

In the sparring time of Jodo(*Jodo is one form of the Japanese traditional martial arts. “Jo”, a round wooden stick, is used to defend oneself against attacks) from enemies.
, an aura of spiritually modified armor and nest is formed to body. Even though we cannot notice it by our visual organ, light and shallow images are weaved one by one like a puzzle in our heart and it remains a clue for our imagination.

Some people will question about the meaning of Shake, Spear, Dialog like this. [Shakespeare Dialog, is this related with that British brilliant dramatist?] No, Shakespear Dialog is a made word by me which means one verb [shake] and two nouns [spears], [dialog]. Converting a simple movement of handling to visible shapes is able to become visible shapes innocent plaything or tools for practice of ancient martial arts.

Not only painting beautiful pictures or landscapes but also for achieving the incomparable beauty which is extracted from the feeling of life swings, talented collaborators and workshop members are gathering together in our studio and making a variety of challenges and developing creative thoughts.  Widely spread the trace of beams, sketched lines, must be really beautiful.

Our work giving a birth to arts is ongoing in our studio. Feel free to contact us.