Renowned Japanese photographer and performance artist Tatsumi Orimoto recreates Bread-Man, a street action he began in 1991. For his first performance in Hong Kong, he leads a large group of unique Bread-Men in a walk from Para/Site Art Space to Graham Street Market, Sheung Wan.
His performances are connected to the everyday experience of life. Through Bread-Man, he has created an alter ego that represents modern life and the difficulties of communicating in contemporary society. His corpus of works represents a profound existentialist preoccupation. Tatsumi Orimoto is himself a larger-than-life character, and Bread-Man is both tender and distant as it plunges us into the unknown through an object that evokes various memories and emotional responses.
This video features the Bread-Men performance on 16 Jan 2009.
Video by AAA.
His performances are connected to the everyday experience of life. Through Bread-Man, he has created an alter ego that represents modern life and the difficulties of communicating in contemporary society. His corpus of works represents a profound existentialist preoccupation. Tatsumi Orimoto is himself a larger-than-life character, and Bread-Man is both tender and distant as it plunges us into the unknown through an object that evokes various memories and emotional responses.
This video features the Bread-Men performance on 16 Jan 2009.
Video by AAA.
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Onsite
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CDAAA.000282
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Publication/Creation date
2009
Running time
1:1:3
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DVD
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2
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artwork documentation,
event photograph/recording
Tatsumi Orimoto Performance: Bread-Men
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