kekkou-na-kekkai
The Barrier
主に猫避けとして用いられる屋外にあるペットボトルの写真集「結界」の情報ページMail：[email protected]：@kekkounakekkaiInstagram：kekkou_na_kekkaiStores：kekkai.stores.jpKekkai ("The Barriers") is artist Jiro Ando's term for the lines of plastic bottles put out to stop cats from excreting in residential areas. It is also the title of his first book of photography. In Japan some people believe in a myth that they can barricade their home against cats by putting lines of plastic bottles filled with water.
However, there is as yet no evidence that bottles are actually effective against cats or other destructive animals.
Even though it may be pointless, people keep putting these bottles in front of their house or garden, and never tidy them away.
Ando said, "When I saw these bottles, I reckoned that they are not only plastic bottles - they are barriers, to protect houses, to keep evil at bay. That is how my interest in taking photographs of the barriers began."
Since he started to photograph "Kekkai" in 2010, he has taken hundreds of photographs, resulting in this photo book.
"I used special papers which are able to dissolve in water, and artificially damaged them to represent decadence, like abandoned porn mags discarded by the riverside. This also represents those miserably abandoned plastic bottles."
The photo books are all different as each one is created manually by the artist. The binding used is his invention, having no staples and only using water. Posters are created by the same process. This is what is unique in his creation. What he defines as Kekkai are below:1. The lines have a kind of pattern.2. They do not seem to have been seriously considered for their effectiveness.3. Although they seem to be thoughtless, they can be felt as very deliberate.4. They do not seem to be recognised as rubbish, despite being left out.5. Although they're kind of scary and mad, they have a sort of loneliness, sadness, emptiness, and we can even feel some sort ...
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Kekkai from @mogmidolucky @kishiimo https://www.instagram.com/p/CpEH4W5SPQj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Kekkai from @qhisashi https://www.instagram.com/p/Col7LuNySdp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Kekkai from @mogmidolucky https://www.instagram.com/p/CogBXeOSg8J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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