Artist：Ana Laura Aláez（Spain [Basque]）
Title：ANCESTRAL ECHOES
作品プラン
作品位於海岸朝外突出的岩石之上，這裡可以眺望沒入地平線的落日，復興的鹽田和海岸旁陡立山側的遼闊田園，以及珠洲特有的山林海景。作家以「智慧之樹」的外形為設計，以反映出人類在此生活的經驗。她說「這就像我們畫出『人性的自然』或另一個世界裡的自然之樹」。樹是自從過去的能量根源，它指向另一個未來，為各個世代、年輕人及年長者，創造了聚集的場所。
補助金=西班牙文化行動 (AC/E)
合作=西班牙皇家學院
The work is installed on a rocky coastal outcrop with views of the setting sun on the horizon, restored salt fields, mountain-side rice fields cut into the coast, and the unique satoyama/satoumi inland and oceanside scenery of Suzu. The artist imagined the work taking the form of the Tree of Knowledge there, as if reflecting the human experience. “It’s as if I’ve depicted a ‘human-like nature’ or a tree that exists in another world,” she remarked. The tree, a source of power from the past, points to another future, creating a place where all generations, young and old, can come together.
Grant = Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)
Cooperation = Spanish Royal Academy
Ana Laura Aláez（Basque, Spain）
來自西班牙巴斯克地區的畢爾巴鄂。2022-2023年在贊助金協助之下目前居住在羅馬的西班牙皇家學院。 2008年，為了在十和田市現代美術館的作品『Bridge of Light』(光之橋)首次來到日本。 2019年，她在西班牙『Multiverso-BBVA Foundation』基金會贊助之下再次造訪了東京與十和田市，拍攝了影像作品『Queer Bearers:The double and the repetition』（酷兒承載者：雙重與重複）。該短片在國際舞蹈電影節（2021、2022年）、2021年的波爾圖女性國際電影節（2021年）、基輔國際短片電影節（2021年）等電影節上受到國際矚目，並在奧伯豪森國際短片電影節（2021年）上獲得觀眾獎。 2013年，獲得巴斯克政府頒發的「古雷·阿爾特亞獎」，表揚他其藝術生涯與對現代美術、文化的貢獻。 此外，還在室內設計與擁有西班牙版『Vogue』、『NEO2』、『B-guided』雜誌的圖片編輯和撰稿人身分等活耀於多種領域。另外，也積極參與教育方面，指導了很多講座和工作坊。 她與雙人團體Silvania共同錄製了音樂專輯『Girls on Film』，這張專輯收錄了當時他為視頻作品所創作的樂曲。 現在，也與歐美歌手阿西迪斯科攜手合作。
主要展覽經歷
-『Queer Bearers:The double and the repetition』畢爾巴鄂美術館（西班牙，2021年）
-『Bridge of Light』十和田市現代美術館（日本，2008年）
-個展『Beauty Cabinet Prototype』(美容櫃原型）巴黎·東京（2003年）
Ana Laura Aláez, born in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
At the moment she is living in the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome, thanks to a grant between 2022-2023.
Her first trip to Japan was in 2008 for her installation Bridge of Light for Towada Art Center in Towada City. In 2019 she traveled to Tokyo and Towada City again to film some material for her video Queer Bearers: The double and the repetition, thanks to a Spanish grant Multiverso-BBVA Foundation. This short film got some international attention in film festivals like International Dance Film Festival Japan in 2021 and 2022, Porto Femme 2021, and Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2021 and was the Audience Award Winner of the 57. Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen in 2021.
In 2013, she received the Gure Artea Award from the Basque Government in recognition of her artistic career and her contribution to contemporary art and culture.
Ana Laura Aláez has undertaken various initiatives in the fields of interior design, and publishing (as picture editor and writer for the Spanish magazines: Vogue, NEO 2, and B-guided. )
She has also been very active in the educational arena, leading numerous courses and workshops.
In collaboration with the musical duo Silvania, she recorded an album titled Girls on Film, a compilation of the musical scores composed specifically for several of the videos she had produced up to that point. She currently works with the musician Ascii.disko.
Representative exhibitions
-Queer Bearers: The double and the repetition, Museo de Bellas Artes (Bilbao, Spain, 2021)
- Bridge of Light. Towada Art Center (Towada City, Japan, 2008)
-Beauty Cabinet Prototype. Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2003)
《Bridge of Light》十和田市現代美術館、2008年
《Trayectoria – Like gold and faceted》、2014年
