Art PROJECT

My fingertips suddenly tremble as they touch the roughness of the city.

The echoes of the news slowly seep deep in my heart.
With each step, my contours waver, and the world distorts ever so slightly.

GLITCH STREET TAPES
picks up these everyday noises as if burning them onto tape.
The edges of unsettled moods and fragments of emotion that fade before they can be put into words are gently scooped up between the light and shadow of the city and presented as a single piece.

A faint beauty lurks in the disorder before it is even settled.
This beauty only appears for a fleeting moment.
That's why we want to capture it.

GLITCH STREET TAPES editions are created with a limit of 1/100 of the number of Instagram followers, rounded up.

As the numbers fluctuate, so does the number of tapes.
As the city breathes, so too does the limit of the artwork.

A quiet and precise discipline.
A piece that rises from this fluctuation.
Transform the breath of today's city directly into style.

GLITCH STREET TAPES
Bring the fragments of your turbulent days to your heart

服飾美術家KUROTORAによるアートプロジェクト「Game of Capital」の一環として考案されたサブプロジェクトである「Inflation」シリーズをSUZURIで発表して行く

ここでは、完全受注生産の仕組みを利用し、理論上は無限に生産し続けることが可能な環境を用意した。具体的にはSUZURIのサービスを通じ、作品が注文されるたびにプリントされ、何枚でも増殖しうるのである。

この無制限の生産体制こそ、「Inflation」の名のとおり、“供給過剰”による価値の希薄化を直感的に体験させる装置であろう。
購入者は、自分の手元に届いた作品が、時間の経過とともに際限なく増えていく可能性を意識することになる。つまり、最初の数枚はまだ稀少性を帯びているかもしれないが、生産数が増えるに従い、1枚あたりの特別感や市場評価が下がっていくのではなかろうか。

「より多く売れている」という事実は嬉しくもある反面、「自分の持つ1枚」が埋没し価値が薄れるというジレンマを味わうことになるだろう。
まさに「GAME of CAPITAL」のテーマである資本主義ゲームが、ここにも表出していると感じる。モノを増やせば増やすほど、一枚あたりの価値が相対的に下落していくという現象は、商品に限らず通貨や資産などで起こりうる“インフレーション”を想起させるのである。数が多くなるほど、貴重性が失われ、それまでの価値基準が揺らぐ。

現代資本主義が抱える“希薄化”の問題を、身をもって体験することになるだろう。

さらに、「欲しい人が増えているからこそ数が増える」というポジティブな面も存在する。需要の高さゆえに供給量が拡大するのであれば、作品そのものの人気は高まっている証拠と言えなくもない。しかし、所有者の目線から見れば、「みんなが持っている」ことによる希少価値の消失を感じずにはいられないのではなかろうか。

「Inflation」シリーズは、このように相反する感情をあぶり出すために設計されたプロジェクトだと感じる。需要が高ければ高いほど嬉しい反面、一枚あたりの価値は下がる。これは資本主義に内在する根源的な矛盾であり、私たちが日常で目を背けがちな現象でもある。

このサブプロジェクトを通じて、少しでも「価値とは何か」という問いに向き合っていただければ幸いだ。自分が得たものの価値が、周囲の動向や流通量によって移ろいゆく様を、どうか楽しんで体感していただきたい。

「GAME of CAPITAL」の大きなテーマは、「美」と「資本」のはざまで揺れるアートの姿を浮き彫りにすることである。インフレーションシリーズは、そのテーマをわかりやすく体験させる窓口と言えるのではなかろうか。**購入するほど、みんなが購入するほど、作品は増え、希少性が失われる。**このメカニズムこそ、シンプルに見えながら複雑な意味合いを孕んでいる。ぜひ、ご自身でその瞬間を味わっていただきたい。
作品が増え、価値が薄れていくことを嘆くか、それを逆手にとり「みんなと共有する喜び」として捉えるかは、まさに購入者の自由であろう。そこに“ゲーム的”な発想を加えることで、従来のアートコレクションにはなかったダイナミックな参加体験を得られるのではなかろうか。

「Inflation」シリーズが、あなたにとってアートと資本主義の問題を改めて考えるきっかけとなることを願う。

The "Inflation" series, a sub-project conceived as part of the art project "Game of Capital" by fashion artist KUROTORA, will be presented at SUZURI. 

Here, a fully made-to-order production system has been used to create an environment that theoretically allows for infinite production. Specifically, through SUZURI's services, each piece is printed and can be multiplied as many times as necessary.
This unlimited production system, as the name "Inflation" suggests, is a device that allows you to intuitively experience the dilution of value due to "oversupply."
The purchaser will be aware that the pieces that arrive at their hands may increase indefinitely over time. In other words, the first few pieces may still be rare, but as the number of pieces produced increases, the sense of exclusivity and market value of each piece will decrease.
While the fact that "more is being sold" is a happy thing, you will experience the dilemma of "the one piece you own" being buried and losing value.
I feel that the theme of "GAME of CAPITAL", the capitalist game, is expressed here as well. The more things you have, the more the value of each piece falls relative to the other, which reminds us of "inflation" that can occur not only with goods but also with currencies and assets. The more you have, the less valuable they are, and the value standards that existed up until that point are shaken.
You will be able to personally experience the problem of "dilution" that modern capitalism faces.
Furthermore, there is also a positive side to it, in that "the number increases because more people want them." If the supply increases because of high demand, it could be said that this is proof that the popularity of the work itself is increasing. However, from the perspective of the owner, it is hard not to feel the disappearance of rarity value due to "everyone having it."
I feel that the "Inflation" series is a project designed to expose these conflicting emotions. The higher the demand, the happier we are, but on the other hand, the value of each piece decreases. This is a fundamental contradiction inherent in capitalism, and a phenomenon that we tend to turn a blind eye to in our daily lives.

I hope that through this sub-project, you will be able to face the question of "what is value?" at least a little. Please enjoy experiencing how the value of what you have acquired changes depending on the trends and circulation of the surroundings.

The main theme of "GAME of CAPITAL" is to highlight the image of art that vacillates between "beauty" and "capital". The Inflation series can be said to be a window that allows you to experience this theme in an easy-to-understand way. **The more you purchase, and the more everyone purchases, the more works there are and the less rare they become. **This mechanism appears simple, but it is filled with complex meanings. I hope you will experience that moment for yourself.

It is up to the buyer to lament the increase in the number of works and the fading of their value, or to take advantage of it and see it as "the joy of sharing with everyone". By adding a "game-like" idea to this, we can obtain a dynamic participation experience that was not available in conventional art collections.

I hope that the "Inflation" series will prompt you to reconsider the issues of art and capitalism.