淀川テクニック / Yodogawa Technique

1976年　岡山県生まれ、鳥取県在住
1998年　大阪文化服装学院修了

2003年に大阪・淀川の河川敷を拠点として活動開始。ゴミや漂流物などを使い、赴いた土地ならではのゴミや人々との交流を楽しみながら行う滞在制作を得意とする。岡山県玉野市の「宇野のチヌ」でお馴染み。アジア、ヨーロッパなど海外での展覧会も多い。その活動や作品はマスメディアで多く取り上げられ、小学校や中学校の美術の教科書でも紹介されている。 活動開始当初は柴田が友人の松永和也に声をかけてはじまったアーティストユニットであったが、 2017年からは柴田のソロ活動。柴田は作品の制作のみならず、様々なワークショップを全国各地で開催する他、「コラージュ川柳」の発案者でもある。近年では環境に関するイベントに招かれることも多い。

Yodogawa Technique

Born 1976 in Okayama, Live in Tottori　
1998 Graduated from Osaka Bunka Fashion College

Yodogawa Technique is an artist name of Hideaki SHIBATA (born 1976, Okayama, Japan). It was originally founded as an artist group by Shibata and his school friend Kazuya MATSUNAGA (born 1977, Kumamoto, Japan) in 2003 at the river terrace of Yodogawa (Yodo river) in Osaka, Japan. Shibata now performs solely. Yodogawa Technique mainly uses garbage and floating objects to create works. “Chinu, Uno”, one of the artist’s public art pieces (Uno port, Okayama, Japan) is the most iconic work by the artist. Yodogawa Technique is also renowned for “Gomunication” which derives from the word “gomi” (garbage in Japanese) and communication. Based on this concept, he has been creating works in various places all over the world, interacting with locals. His way of communicating through art always brings a new perspective for locals and raises awareness for environmental issues as well. He participated in many exhibitions not only in Japan but also overseas including Germany, Denmark, Indonesia, Taiwan and much more.