Combat Exhibition
Miki Nitadori reveals our being in all the movements and gestures she captures, to which she brings a vibrant and colourful base and that she exhibits in "Combat, manual of daily survival", a radiating work
of art, unique and multiple, personal yet universal.
She acts as the generous interpreter of a community and allows us to share what is most intimate and vivid: what, sometimes, better than words, encourages us to keep on living. By doing this, she enables us to recognize ourselves in what is bigger than us; she amplifies attitudes and temperaments, broadens the vital vocabulary and confirms that we don't always miss the courage to be what we are.
Catherine Aflalo, Editor
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les nuits Blanches, Paris, France,2008
creation and process of combat by Catherine Aflalo
poster for combat in progress , oct 2008
The nuit blanche 2008
communication,with
handbook and posters
" Combat is a step in the direction of the happiness, an encouragement which I want to share. I invite public to participate in it physically, mentally, and visually; I propose to those who wish it to write their own propaganda for the life ", declares the Japanese artist, Parisian by adoption.
Inviting the participation to all, the creation of the work took place in several stages the first event invited the citizens, on February 6th and 7th of this year, to take a photograph in photo Booth at the Paris 3rd district city hall .
Conceived from the raw photographic material, a rhythmical projection is revealed in big format in the court yard walls of the city hall.
Invitant à la participation de tous,la réalisation de l’oeuvre s’est dérouléeen plusieurs étapes dont la première conviait les citoyens, les 6 et 7 février derniers, à la prise de photomatons dans le hall de la mairie du 3e arrondissement de Paris. Conçue à partir de ce matériau photographique brut, une projection rythmée est dévoilée en grand format sur les murs de la mairie.
Documents concept & design: Hsui-ling Wang
combat yourself
In February 2008, the first happening of combat was organized at the Paris 3rd district city hall.
There were 110 people participating during 2 afternoons. Those who photographed themselves ranged from a child of six months with his mother to an elderly woman in her eighties.
Every person who participated in this action were invited to answer simple questionnaire.
During the event people were free to consult the taken photographs, they were received with interest and enthusiasm.
This reaction confirmed to offer to a public, an experience of what the work is made of, in different stages. The result was the gigantic screening of the work in 4m x 6 m, shown in the court yard of the Paris 3rd district city hall.
