CON_ is proud to present the solo exhibition "P-L/R-A/E-Y" by MES, featuring new works from July 6th (Saturday) to July 28th (Sunday), 2024, at CON_ (Maruka Building 4F, 2-2-14 Nihonbashi Bakurocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo).
MES is an artist duo consisting of Takeru Arai and Kanae Tanikawa, who independently work in both contemporary art and the club scene.
This exhibition features installations and performances using light, heat, and wax, which MES has invented and defined as "live-engraving." MES’s ongoing concerns and practices, as reflected in the title "Prayer / Play / Masochistic Act [P-L/R-A/E-Y]," manifest and disappear in the space as a continuum of modest actions. These actions evolve over time, offering a unique experience to each viewer.
Additionally, this exhibition attempts to reconstruct "WAX P-L/R-A/E-Y," which was presented at "QiPO 2024" and "URBAN GAZE" in Mexico City this February. This reconstruction serves as a kind of ritualistic lament, exploring themes of intimacy, resistance, and submission.
Please visit to witness the current state of these artists, who bring forth "forms" from the structures of society and language, starting from their own physicality.
Exh Title[EN]: P-L/R-A/E-Y
Artist: MES @mesmesmes8
Term/会期: 2024.07.12(FRI) - 08.04(SUN)
Opening: 07.12(FRI) 18:00-21:00 with a performance starting at 19:00
*Performances will also be held intermittently during the exhibition period. For more details, please check the social media of MES or CON_.
Graphic: Design Heijiro Yagi @heijiroyagi
at: CON_ @con_tokyo_
maruka 4F, 2-2-14 Nihonbashi Bakurocho, Chuoku, Tokyo
Open : Thu-Sun 15:00-21:00
Closed : Mon, Tue, Wed, public holiday,otherwise announced
Web：https://www.contokyo.com/
IG：https://www.instagram.com/con_tokyo_
Visitor Information
・The venue is accessible only by stairs. If you require support to reach the venue, such as wheelchair users, please contact us in advance via our Instagram (@con_tokyo_).
MES
MESは、彫刻や空間芸術にバックグラウンドを持つ新井健(あらい・たける)と、文芸、演劇にルーツのある谷川果菜絵(たにかわ・かなえ)の二人がインディペンデントに企画・制作するアーティストデュオ。2015年に東京芸術大学にて結成、東京を拠点に活動する。
レーザーやサーモグラフィなどのテクノロジーと、ロウソクや蓄光素材、テキストといった可塑性のあるマテリアルをミックスし、自らの身体を起点に、場所や時勢から汲み取られる言葉とイメージがフレーミングする景色の周縁に光を当てた作品を制作する。コロナ禍以後、国会議事堂へレーザーアニメーションを照射する《DISTANCE OF RESISTANCE 抵抗の距離》(2020/2021)、オリンピック下において他者や社会との隔たりを熱と呼吸の運動で描く《サイ/SA-I》(2021)、廃墟で営まれる養豚場とのコラボレーションを通して人間と豚間の解放と拒絶をめぐる《サルベージ・クラブ》(2024)などインスタレーションを発表。《WAX P-L/R-A/E-Y》(2024)などパフォーマンス作品にも取り組む。
2016年から現在まで、現代美術と親しく不可分なクラブカルチャーにおいて、レーザーアニメーションを使用したVJパフォーマーとしても活躍。近年はパーティー「REVOLIC-revolution holic/革命中毒-」のオーガナイズを行っている。
【個展】
2021
DISTANCE OF RESISTANCE/抵抗の距離 代々木TOH、東京
【近年のグループ展、パフォーマンス】
2024
Overland_SPILL OVER #1:陸路 スピルオーバー #1(May 8-June16, BUG, Tokyo, JP)
Performance Platform Stilllive, Kinetic Net (March 8,9,Creative Center Osaka, Kitakagaya, JP)
URBAN GAZE(February 7-18, APRDERESP, CDMX, Mexico)
Qipo 2024(February 8-10, CDMX, Mexico)
2023
JUNK’S PORTS (September 9-22, ANOMALY, Tokyo, JP)
Performance Platform Stilllive, Stilllive Studies (August 26, YAU STUDIO, Tokyo, JP)
Cherry Blossom Party:桜を見る会 (April 8-29, eitoeiko, Tokyo, JP)
EAST EAST_exhibition: About Validity (February17-19, Science Museum, Tokyo, JP)
2022
ATAMI ART GRANT 2022 (November 3-27, ACAO BEACH, Shizuoka, JP)
Planet Samsa:惑星ザムザ(May 1-8,14-15, Kodaka Bookbinding Industry of a disused bldg, Tokyo, JP)
2021
TOKIWA Fantasia 2021 (November 28-January 16, Ube, Yamaguchi, JP)
Say Hello to Stranger:ストレンジャーによろしく (August 20-September 12, Social Hall, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, JP)
Reborn Art Festival 2021 Summer (August 11-September 26, Tsuru Public Bath, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, JP)
Media Ambition Tokyo 2021 (May 12-June 8, Tokyo City View, Mori tower 52F, Roppongi, Tokyo, JP)
【アーティストレジデンス】
2023
Van Gogh House (May 30-June 23, London, UK)
【主催イベント】
2024
奇々怪界 with enormousface & humanjuices
(May 19, TRAFFIC, Tokyo, JP)
2023
REVOLIC-revolution holic/革命中毒- with Gabber Modus Operandi Japan Tour 2023 (September 6, WWW Shibuya, Tokyo, JP)
2022
REVOLIC-revolution holic/革命中毒- (August 10, Contact Tokyo, JP)
EXHIBITION
ARTISTS
VENUE
- URL
- https://www.contokyo.com/
- 住所
- 東京都中央区日本橋馬喰町 2-2-14 maruka 4F
- 開館時間
- 14:00 — 19:00
- 休館日
- Mon・Tue
- 入館料
- 無料
NOTES
Opening: 07.12(FRI) 18:00-21:00 with a performance starting at 19:00
*Performances will also be held intermittently during the exhibition period. For more details, please check the social media of MES or CON_.
Graphic: Design Heijiro Yagi @heijiroyagi
The venue is accessible only by stairs. If you require support to reach the venue, such as wheelchair users, please contact us in advance via our Instagram (@con_tokyo_).