This is a video work about transgendered children, their parent and names.

The parent and the child hold one brush in their hands together and jointly write two names.

First the name that the parent gave the child is written in black ink and after that the name that the child gave themselves is written in red ink over top.

 

"Shodo (calligraphy)" which the pair write together is a traditional Japanese culture form.

Shodo instruction is done by guiding another person's hand.

The leader takes the hand of the one being led and when two people write characters with one brush at the same time, the rhythm and knowledge for writing characters is shared.

 

In this work, the leader is the child who changed their own name and the one being led is the parent.They write over the original name, given by the parent, which was full of love and expectation with the new name chosen by the child.

This means that the child is teaching the parent the path that the child chose for themself.

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トランスジェンダーの子と、その親の、名前をめぐる映像作品。

親と子が二人で一本の筆を持ち、二つの名前を一緒に書く。

最初は親が子に与えた名前を黒い墨で書き、その後に、子が自分で決めた自分の名前を赤い墨で上書きする。

 

二人が行なってる”書道”は日本の伝統的な文化だ。

書道の指導は、手を添えるという形で行なわれる。

指導者が指導される者の手を取り、一本の筆で二人で同時に文字を書く事で、

文字を書くリズムや、知識を共有する。

 

今作では指導者が名前を変えた子供で、指導される者が親だ。

親から子への期待や愛情が詰まった名前を書き換えること。

それは自分で決めた自分の道を、子が親に教えるということ。