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2023.03.03

[Event report]
1st Museum Talk 2023/
Read the story of “that person” photographed by Cho Geun-jae
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You can view the recording of the day of reading the story of "that person" captured by Cho Geun-jae on YouTube.

Lecturer Naoko Nishiura (curator The National Hansen's Disease Museum) 

趙根在(チョウ・グンジェ 1933年から1997年)は、在日朝鮮人二世として愛知県に生まれました。1961年、朝鮮にルーツをもつ入所者を多磨全生園に訪ねて以来、約20年にわたって各療養所で撮影を続け、各療養所で撮影した写真は約20,000枚に及びました。入所者と寝食を共にして信頼を得、カメラを向けられることを避けてきた入所者に肉薄した写真を多数残したほか、在日朝鮮人や盲人会の人びとにもレンズを向け、療養所の中の差別や、ハンセン病による障害を避けることなく表現した点も特筆されます。
今年2月より、原爆の図丸木美術館で開催された企画展「趙根在写真展 地底の闇、地上の光 ―炭鉱、朝鮮人、ハンセン病―」(2023年2月4日(土)から5月7日(日))では、これらを中心に200点余りが展示されています。この展覧会のための調査において、趙の足跡や写真をめぐって新たな発見が数多くなされつつあり、他方でハンセン病問題に関する研究や展覧会において、回復後も隔離され続けた入所者による創作活動が盛んに取り上げられるなど、趙根在が残した写真や文章を、撮られた側と撮る側の双方から改めて読み解くための視座が豊かに用意されつつあります。
今回は、趙根在の写真やテキストが、同時代の入所者を集合としてだけではなく「その人」としてとらえた点に注目します。療養所で生きた人の記憶を継承する試みの一つとして、多くの方にご覧いただければ幸いです。


Upper left in the ward 1961 Tama Zenshoen
Upper right, outer wall of the cell, 1966 Kuriu-Rakusenen
Bottom left: Demonstration for doctors, 1972, Tokyo
Bottom right (from left) Cho Nezae, Moon Shou Bong, Kinso Gwon 1980 Tama Zenshoen
(All photographed by Cho Nezai)

 

Outline of the event

【日時】
2023年6月3日(土)14時 から 15時30分

【開催方法】
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【参加申し込み受付期間】
2023年3月3日(金)16時 から 2023年6月3日(土)12時まで(定員に達し次第締め切ります)

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"Reading the Story of 'That Person' Taken by Cho Geun-jae" Event Report

Lecturer Naoko Nishiura The National Hansen's Disease Museum Curator)

More than 100 people participated in the gallery talk "Reading the story of 'that person' photographed by Nezai Cho", which was delivered for the first time as a hybrid event.
On the day of the event, the route taken by Cho Nezai when he visited Tama Zenshoen for the first time will be shown using photographs of Cho Nezai, his memoir "Brothers of Hansen's Disease," and a Inside the sanatorium of Tama Zenshoen. I found it. I hope you have seen how the “places and people” of Zenshoen were told by the guide Kimpogyoku (Hoshi Kaneko, a Tama Zenshoen resident), written in words and photographs by Cho Nezai. .
In the second half, the photographs of Jiro Sawada taken by Cho Nezai at Kuriu-Rakusenen are superimposed on Sawada's autobiography and novels, and Cho Nezai witnesses the life of "that person" named Jiro Sawada, and "that person." I traced the process that expressed the existence of "people". There are many photographs of “Leprosy sanatorium” and “Leprosy patients and Former leprosy patients,” but Cho Nezae’s photographs are none other than photographs of “the person” living, and each person walks a different life. I told you that it is something that resists the gaze that singles people out as "Leprosy patients" and targets them for isolation and exclusion.

From the questionnaire

  • I saw Cho Nezai's photographs at the permanent exhibition, the previous special exhibition "The Sprouts of Life", and the special exhibition at the Maruki Museum, and I was impressed by the fact that they were works that transcended documentary nature. Mr. Nishiura's introduction this time is about Cho Nezai's gait, how he viewed people, and his relationship with Jiro Sawada. So, it was very helpful. I would be happy if you could connect it to the planning exhibition. (venue)
  • It was very stimulating to see how the meaning of the title, the story of "that person," gradually became clear as the story progressed. I once again thought about the importance of Cho Nezai's work, or rather the importance of watching and reading. I thought it was a different photo from the reportage. I think that work that does not fit into existing genres may be due to self-study, but I would like to reconsider the methodology that Cho has elaborated. (venue)
  • While vividly feeling the harshness of time, it was a valuable opportunity to feel the definite footprints of Mr. Sawada and others who lived in that place through the tool of photography. It was a documentary photograph, and I was deeply touched by the photograph that exudes humanity. (online)
  • I heard that Mr. Cho Nezai's photographs are not the "attributes" of the photographs of people Hansen's Disease I wanted to see (online)
  • The "context" that existed at various levels is reinterpreted as a rich "water vein" that should be called an asset for humankind. It was a wonderful lecture. Happy to hear it online. Thank you Nishiura-san and all the staff! (online)
  • I understood well the importance of Mr. Cho Nejae building a relationship of trust with Mr. Kim Bong Ok and Mr. Jiro Sawada and recording the life of "that person". I was impressed by Jiro Sawada's realization of his own magnificence reflected in Mr. Cho's film. On the other hand, while Mr. Sawada was involved in community Resident Association activities, I could see that he had recovered mentally. Thank you for the meaningful event. (online)
  • What kind of perspective can those who are non-participants and have accepted a society based on a mechanism of discrimination and exclusion hold? I thought it was one of the sincere efforts about The background of what Mr. Cho Nezai wanted to copy. In order to know the way of life of the person whose body is photographed, texts and maps other than photographs are clues. I felt that this method would also help me learn about the lives of people who didn't know how to write or didn't know how to write. (online)
  • I was impressed by the phrase "a collaboration between the person who is copying and the person who is being photographed." I am relieved that the desire of the two of you to leave a record of "discrimination within discrimination" to the world has been passed on in the form of storage and disclosure at The National Hansen's Disease Museum. (online)
  • It was interesting to see how the photographer traced the past of Zenshoen while referring to old maps with photos and notes as clues. I was also touched by the episode when the person who was the subject of the photo said that your photo is a mirror for me. (online)

… We have received many other answers. Thank you very much.

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