{"uid":"PLA6GhIGgfhVUaSk","type":"artist","tags":["performance","instalation","social-action","others"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Parky Party","summary":"My practice is socially-engaged and experiential, which \u2013 under lockdown conditions \u2013 has been impossible to achieve. Subsequently, I\u2019ve been reflecting on a series of work I made for the ISCP (New York), K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin) and bar area (Sendai, Japan), and considering this work\u2019s timeliness if it were to be remade. \u2018Parky Party\u2019 responds to the culture of launch events and opening nights in the visual art community, which largely exist as social events for those in the arts. We\u2019ve all attended such openings to find that we\u2019ve been drinking and mingling without spending meaningful time with the artwork. \nParky Party is an \u2018anti-socialisation\u2019 bar that prevent visitors from communicating with one another, forcing them to do nothing but drink in solitude. I created booths which separate visitors\/patrons from one another so that social contact is entirely limited. Furthermore, guests are prohibited from speaking to the bartender, and may only check the menu. The glass from which the visitors drink is chained to the booth so that they cannot remove it or carry it with them. \nAs we enter a period of relaxed lockdown rules, every country and culture will need to adapt to new ways of maintaining social distancing measures. A new version of Parky Party, based on the design of local bars around the Bienalsur exhibition venues, would reflect poignantly on our previous customs in the art world, and our commitment to staying connected, yet distant, in a post-pandemic world.","space":"This work should be recreated for the opening event of the Biennale, and most appropriately sited around the entrance to the designated party venue for the Biennale. The project should be described in line within general social distancing guidance throughout - visitors should encounter it without prior warning, as with a \u2018normal\u2019 launch bar. Dimensions are variable; booths can be created to accommodate as many\/few individuals as required. The work requires a nearby water supply to wash glasses.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":null,"audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":"https:\/\/www.shiromasuyama.net\/party","cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"names":"Shiro","surname":"Masuyama","email":"shiromasuyama@me.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"TS0548392","address":"5 Newington Avenue","city":"Belfast","nacionality":"Japanese","country_id":"81","birthdate":"1971-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1971-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+44-(0)77-6067-9589","web":"http:\/\/www.shiromasuyama.net","fileCount":9}