中沢新一 著『ミクロコスモスⅡ　 耳のための、小さな革命』 によると、正岡子規は「客観」によって主客合一をも超えた「ありのまま」の世界が見えてくるという。

私は、客観的であることに比重が傾きすぎないようにと、自らの内に生起する感覚にピントを合わせることで、事物がもっとも生き生きとした次元に迫ろうとしてきたように思う。それは主観的な経験や知覚を大切にすることであったけれど、子規は主観的な感情や思考を排した客観によって裸形の世界を見ることを実現しようとした。プロセスは違えど、見ようとした世界に恐れ多くも共感を感じる。

主観と客観は単なる二項対立ではなく、主観は客観につながり、客観は主観につながって、その円環運動のさなかで「ありのまま」の世界が見えてくるのかもしれない。

畑山 太志

We are pleased to have Taishi Hatayama Solo Exhibition The Way to be Objective from Saturday, 18th June  through Friday, 15th July.

Hatayama has consistently tried to depict “something like an atmosphere that cannot be seen with the eyes but can be felt within the body and mind.”

His approach to production seems to have been based on subjective sensation, and he also said, “I feel a sense of crisis that in today’s society, the emphasis is on being objective, and we tend to lose sight of our own sensations and the movements of our own hearts and minds.”

His works, however, provide viewers with an objective perspective that makes them aware of the interrelationships and linkages among the many living and nonliving things that surround humans.

In this exhibition, Hatayama will present a new challenge to the world of “as it is” by reexamining the positioning of subjectivity and objectivity in light of Shiki Masaoka’s objectivity.

Artist Statement

The haiku poet Shiki Masaoka says, according to the book Microcosmos II: A Small Revolution for the Ears written by Shinichi Nakazawa, that to be objective allows us to see the world “as it is,” beyond the subject-object integration.

I have been trying to focus on the sensations that arise within me, to avoid being too objective, in order to approach the most vivid dimension of things. It was to value subjective experience and perception. On the other hand, Shiki tried to realize seeing the world in its naked figure through objectivity, devoid of subjective feelings and thoughts. I feel empathy, though it is presumptuous, for the fact that we tried to see the world in a similar way, even though the process is different.

Subjectivity and objectivity are not mere dichotomies; subjectivity leads to objectivity, and objectivity leads to subjectivity. In the midst of this circular motion, the world “as it is” may come into view.

Taishi Hatayama