Exhibition 【大塚茂吉　あわいのかたち】Mokichi OTSUKA 　Forms of “Awai”

生と死、善と悪、自己と他者、この世界は相反する二つのものによって成り立っている。
二元論は今もなお我々の世界を支えているのだ。

しかし相反するものの間には、固定化されない揺らぎのようなものがある。
二元論では捉えきれない領域一”あわい”

日本では古来より物と物の間、この世とあの世の間に”あわい”があると言われてきた。

日本の家屋にある縁側は建築における”あわい”だと言う。
縁側は家の外であり内でもある”あわい”の空間。
岡本太郎は「形でない形　色でない色を打ち出すべきだ」と言った。
太郎さんはきっと精神と物質の”あわい”を、そのような言葉で表現したのだろう。

二つの異なるものが対立や分断するのではなく、大いなるものの中でゆるやかに結び、揺らぎ、変化しゆく相、”あわい”を求めたいと思う。

大塚茂吉

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Forms of “Awai"

Life and death, good and evil, self and other, this world is made up of two opposing things.
Dualism still sustains our world.

However, between the opposites, there is a kind of fluctuation that cannot be fixed, such as a boundary between things and things that cannot be grasped by dualism. In Japan, we call this realm that cannot be captured by dualism, "Awai."

Since ancient times, it has been said there is an “Awai" between things, between this world and another world .

The En-gawa(*) can be said as “Awai” of Japanese architecture, where serves as a seamless bridge between outside and inside the house.

Taro Okamoto said “Form not form, color not color".
Taro must have used such a phrase to describe the “Awai” between spirit and matter.

I would like to seek the “Awai”, the phase in which two different things are not in conflict or divided, but are loosely connected, fluctuating, and changing within something greater.

Mokichi OTSUKA


(*)The En-gawa, a wooden corridor installed in the sunny side in traditional Japanese houses.
When sliding windows are open, it can also be used as a bench to sit and chat, or as a relaxing space to casually communicate with neighbors.