Chim↑Pom
“I love beautiful things, and I want to
indChim↑Pom is dedicated to engage with society through their experiments and projects in the public space, such as the streets and buildings in Tokyo and the garbage fields in Indonesia. These projects sometimes draw controversy. Yet their chaotic but energetic acts seek to uncover the truth in our times and pushes the boundaries of discussions on issues such as urbanization, nuclear disasters, government control, and global capitalism, with mediums ranging from found objects and waste to photography and videos.
“I love beautiful things, and I want to
indLegend has it that if you fold one thousand origami cranes, your dream will come true. The city of Hiroshima receives millions of paper cranes, many of which are inscribed with messages, from across the world every year in commemoration of the bombings. Hiroshima is consequently faced with a quandary: Because these cranes have a ritual meaning, they cannot be thrown out like regular waste. Instead, a municipal building in the city stockpiles tons of them.
“I love beautiful things, and I want to
indChim↑Pom gained entry to this storage facility in order to read the messages embedded within these orizuru and documented the process in the two-channel video Non-Burnable (all works cited, 2019). Sitting among a large heap of them, a Chim↑Pom member unfolds them one by one, reading their contents aloud. It is obvious that these well-wishes for peace, commingled with regrets over such a horrific event, were written by children.
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Chim↑Pom
“Why Art?” Chim↑Pom Interview
A special project featuring hundred people answering the question, “What is Art?“. In doing so, this series of short interviews aims to reveal the as-yet-unknown “art” around us.
2022
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Ellie [Chim↑Pom]
Ellie Interview
Ellie offers a unique perspective on the process of creating the word "ピカッ" in the sky above Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb Dome using airplane contrails.
2013