About the Commission
Koki Tanaka will present nine projects in the Japanese Pavilion. The artist and curators will exhibit nine collective acts referred to as “uncertain tasks.” The Pavilion will have videos documenting the process of collaborative work carried out by people under special circumstances and an exhibition of the cumulative records of all these, all addressing the theme, “How is it possible to take on the experiences of others as our own?” or “How can we share, or take joint possession of, the experience of events?”
1-2. a, staircase, 2013
3. b. precarious tasks, 2013
4-5. c, poet, 2013
6- 7. d, piano, 2013
8-9. e, haircut, 2013
10. f, pottery, 2013
g, distance, 2013
11. h, painting, 2013
12. i, architecture biennale, 2013
Photo: Takashi Fujikawa; Courtesy of Japan Foundation.