Exhibition at The Performance Space October 21-30, 2010.

Trashcan Dreams is a live installation project by Sarah Goffman in collaboration with Morita Yasuaki and Lina Ritchie of the Yanaka Group from Tokyo. As an artist whose practice embraces and transforms the detritus of consumer culture, Goffman will create an immersive environment for the interplay of repurposed materials and light with live physical presence and movement. Trashcan Dreams comprises a complex exchange of ephemeral visual languages, questioning both the human condition and our responsibilities to the wider culture and its environs.
Bec Dean
Associate Director The Performance Space

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Transformation

What does a "Trashcan" dream? It dreams to transform.
Into what does it transform? It’s unknown.

If the purpose is “Recycling”, it’s very easy. The trash inside the trashcan will be taken out, and its shape and features will be analyzed. The trash will be made into something else in order to obtain new value. It will be planned to be carried out and completed. It must be fast and efficient not to waste any time. And then it will be in the cycle of usage again.

However, that is not a Trashcan’s dream. It is impossible to plan out dreams. There is no purpose. Transformation is the only thing it dreams.

Trash is worthless. It cannot function or accomplish its purpose anymore. It has no value. When the trash goes out of the trashcan, the only thing it can do is stroll. Time arises when it strolls. Time is spent, and changes occur gradually. The trash will transform into what exists there. It will reborn, and that is “Recreation”.

Into what will a person transform?
If you want to know the answer, please come and see the exhibition. The important thing is to see without any intent. Do not look at the works just to find value or to know the information. Don’t scroll up the works, just stroll around. Time arises when you stroll. You can feel the change. And you can transform into what exists there.

I am a strolling dancer from Japan. I will stroll around to spend time at the exhibition--- lie down, stand up, eat, talk, sleep, etc. Time arises when I stroll. My dream is to transform into what exists there. And I want you to be a witness of my transformation.
Morita Yasuaki

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