*Candy Factory Projects in Seoul
May 9 - June 9 2019 Altspace LOOP
A *Candy Factory Project 2018
2 projections
Projection 1 (stair case)
( 03:35 ) Sound + text animation
Text taken from Government regulations for Foreign domestic workers in Singapore
B1F
Double channel projection
Projection 1 Right ( 06:20 )
Projection 2 Left ( 06:06 )
Animated street views of Xiobei district, Guangzhou China aka ”Chocolate City”.
*Most of these hundreds of thousands of Africans who arrive in Guangzhou are short
term visitors making a purchasing run, making population figures liquid and difficult
to estimate. According to official figures, 430,000 arrivals and exits by nationals
from African countries were recorded at the city's checkpoints in the first nine
months of 2014. Guangzhou officials released official population figures for residents
in 2014 due to popular fears of an Ebola outbreak in the city by way of the African
community. According to the city, there were 16,000 Africans including North
Africans residing in Guangzhou. Of these residents, 4,000 were long term residents,
which is defined by city officials as living for longer than 6 months in the city.
Since 2014 the African population has significantly declined, dropping to 10,344
residents by February 2017. A 2014 article in the magazine This Is Africa noted the
decrease in population with increased immigration enforcement and foreign
exchange difficulties blamed. A CNN article from September 2016 on the community
claimed that upwards to thousands of African residents had left the city in the
previous 18 months.
Among African nationalities in Guangzhou, the two countries with by far the most
people are the West African nations of Nigeria and Mali.Nigerian people, mostly of
the Igbo ethnicity, are most represented among those residing while Malians
according to city records are most numerous among long term residents. Migrants
from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, and Senegal are the remaining
African communities in Guangzhou with at least a few hundred registered members
at country-based civic organizations in 2014.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africans in Guangzhou )
A *Candy Factory Project / Homes for America
Takuji Kogo
3 monitors (B1F) text animation + sound
Hello Classmates!
( 03 : 14 ) 2019
Starving dogs and prostitutes
( 02 : 05 ) 2019
* Text from a U.S Base online community website at Sigonella, Italy.
CREDO Navy Region Japan
Marriage Enrichment Retreat
( 02 : 45 ) 2019
* Text from a poster for a U.S Military Base online community site, Sembawang,
Singapore
HOMI
Single channel video
monitor (vertical)
A *Candy Factory Project 2016
Takuji Kogo + Mike Bode
A billboard advertisement for the Emirates airline company situated on the road
leading up to the Homi Public Housing Estate known for housing the largest Brazilian
community in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture in 2009. The advert is announcing a free
bus connection from Nagoya for flights from Osaka to Sao Paulo via Dubai and is
written in Portuguese.
AMERICAN SITCOM / Joining the Air Force
( 21:23 )
A *Candy Factory Project 2014
Takuji Kogo + Mike Bode
A part of a trilogy of quasi anthropological research on American online culture.
The text animation is made up of transcriptions from V-loggers monologues sharing
experiences about joining the US Air force.
| ◀︎ 2018 2 广州 Guangzhou CCA Singapore | ▶︎ 2019 2 Homes for America |