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今回のBUNKA×PERSONでは、前衛芸術家・草間彌生を1年半にわたり追い続けたドキュメンタリー映画『≒草間彌生〜わたし大好き〜』を取り上げます。世界中の美術関係者から注目を浴びる草間彌生の日常を垣間見ることができる貴重な作品を、「点と点を結んでデザインする」ピクセルデザイナー・点/ten_do_tenさんに鑑賞していただきました。極めて情報量が少ない「ドット（ピクセル）」というミニマルな表現で見る者の網膜を刺激し、無限のイマジネーションをかき立てさせる点さんは、増殖する水玉模様で独自の世界を表現し、現代美術界の最先端に君臨する前衛芸術家・草間彌生さんの創作活動をどうご覧頂いたのでしょうか。「点（ドット）」にこだわる2人の共通点と相違点についてお話を伺いました。

--『≒草間彌生〜わたし大好き〜』をご覧になって、いかがでしたか？

Really it was interesting. Rather than a rude sense, frankly, it was laughter. There is also in the title, have appeared everywhere is "my love" part, I people, and it has shaken off, here until either become interesting there, and I thought I was. It was very interesting in that sense. When Kusama's draw a picture, but it did not draft the any. Anything or say that greatness is not thinking .... Previously, I had seen the video of the performance of the time Ms. Kusama was young, I guess I prefer the current girlfriend. As a man, as a creature, it was becoming increasingly surely weirdness. What people who live like are we sensible become aura, so it does not have the middle people. I're blessed with such a strong character, is not it about James Brown or Kusama's? It does not even hardly blink, facial expression was wide open and cut in a certain scene, the eye has become completely dot (laughs). Wow, amazing! I thought I.

- I think about the thinking of the "I love myself"?

I have received a significant impact from the musician than the artist, Toka former James Brown and Mick Jagger and Africa Bamubata, it Is not bragging, "It is I like the most," I musician. Kusama's appearance also wonder if not it leads to it, I thought. It was very rock star-ish feel. At the same time, a glimpse attitude to confront fear and in it to the death, even to I have felt human smell, associated with it, I was also a little sadness. It seems to have created a wall to protect yourself from the others in a sense, while surrounded by a staff of trusted I think I also a lonely person, I thought. Toka feeling that can not be doing that no compliment that of myself, Toka when you do not sleep absolutely anxiety, Do not I have the same kind of trouble with my own, and was or discovery.

- Did you have in common with myself to the other?

No, I like Mr. Kusama, so it does not mean has continued to draw a picture as a means to escape from auditory hallucinations and hallucinations. "Cool" things like the design because I like, I'm the type of human beings. Just recently, "(the style you use the dot) Kusama's polka dot I-ish" from people you know there is that it was said that, I was surprised I did not at all conscious of yourself. When I was a student, it was often hand would stop and ponder. Then, the discovery of when you worked in the design office, Naa amazing I "deadline" (laughs). To create the work, and easy to spear is better to routine of decided the "deadline", the discovery is aware that coming out more and more from the after (laughs), so began to draw every day. Most minimalist canvas! Mobile phone monitor the size of the pixel design has become a 30,000-point close now by me. It had been created in such a reason, and the appearance that Mr. Kusama has continued to draw in order to save yourself, I think that I think we overlapped by chance. But in the movie, either because of the hard production process that to complete the 50 installment, while being encouraged by the staff around, I figure that has also drawn the quota basis surprisingly, it was very humanly visible. The last work was to complete "purified! At the sight you are talking I ", I have to still laughter.

- Or from this movie, you received something inspiration?

Rather than the art of I are doing, because it wants to design a new textile, Kusama's work was also from the point of view of as a textile. I wish I should Rarere seen new pattern, I think while. Soshitara, in one of the perhaps self-made costume Ms. Kusama was wearing, found a textile pattern never seen until now referred to as "gingham-check of structures of it but polka dot". I would and Do I have created unconsciously while depicting surely, it was again respect. At the same, but it had the drawing that pattern the contours of a person's profile, it is cute and very beautiful, was very interesting. Kusama's also I also but'm together're produced and based on the "dot", or rather a sense of distance is different, was felt clearly when the placement is different was interesting. Also production process completely different. Because digital works in the case of me, while heavy use of copy-and-paste, the new ones and I'm trying to make cool things, but in the case of Kusama's, the meaning of the Toka their joy Toka therapy to be drawn one by one with great it was drawing. The figure was I think very cool.

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