Concept

-2017-

For the video work Massage Masters (2017), Jankowski invited esteemed massage therapists from the Tokyo area to diagnose the ailments of Yokohama’s public sculptures and treat them according to various massage traditions in order to improve their chi. Each masseuse chose the sculpture best suited to their own technique, attempting to identify and alleviate the tension within the sculpture – whether originating from the material itself or the energy of the city. Rodin’s La Meditation, for instance, was given a foot massage while a ninja sports masseuse worked on Astushi Hosoi’s dynamic abstract sculpture, The Wind Tells. In the Yokohama installation, the visitors viewed the works while positioned on massage equipment.

Performance

 

Video Installation