The
project gallery presents a new work by Hamish Fulton (born in 1946
in London).
During March 1999 I made 7 one day walks on Hikosan, a sacred hill
in Kyushu. For my December exhibition I will present a wall text resulting
from that experience.
I ATTEMPT TO MAKE LINKS BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY
ART AND CONTEMPORARY WALKING.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THE SCALE AND STANDARDS
OF OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SPORTS- OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF CONTEMPORARY
ART.
WALKING IS THE CONSTANT THE ART MEDIUM IS THE VARIABLE.
QUESTION: IS, "THE WALK"- REALLY- THE ART?
ANSWER: "THE WALK"- CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS "AN ARTFORM"
ANSWER: BUT, UNLIKE "AN ARTOBJECT"
ANSWER: A WALK CANNOT BE SOLD.
MY ARTWORKS EQUAL CONTROL
MY WALKS EQUAL FREEDOM.
IT IS A FACT, NOT AN OPINION-
THAT THIS RIVER IS FAST DEEP AND COLD.
CRASHING WAVES, BAREFEET, RED PETALS A NECLACE OF SHELLSÉÉ.
LOST TO THE STARS. SLOWNESS.
Hamish Fulton
Hamish Fulton stays at CCA Kitakyushu as a professor of the Research
Program during a month in December.
