Until My Voice Dies
There's no need to hold back any longer
Not for anyone else
But for myself
Decided on my own
This new name
Which I will continue to scream aloud
Until my voice dies
もう何にも遠慮はいらない
他人のためでなく
自分のために
自分で決めた
新しい名前を
声枯れるまで
大きな声で
叫ぼう
Until My Voice Dies
2019
Video
I have met many people who felt discomfort with the gender assigned to them at birth and changed their names. The new names they chose seemed to reflect the shape of their souls, and I wanted to celebrate those new names. Wishing for their names to resonate throughout the world, I shouted their new names over and over again until my voice dies.
声枯れるまで
2019
映像
出生時に割り当てられた性別に違和感を持ち、名前を変えた人たちにたくさん出会った。彼らが選んだ新しい名前は、まるで魂の形をしているように見えて、私はその新しい名前を祝福したいと思った。この世界に彼らの名前が響き渡ってほしいと思って、新しい名前を何度も何度も、声枯れるまで叫んだ。
This video work was created together with individuals who felt discomfort with the gender assigned to them at birth and have since changed both their gender and their name.
Many transgender and non-binary people feel a deep disconnect from the masculine or feminine sounds embedded in the names they were given, and instead choose new names for themselves.
The work is structured in two parts.
In the first half, through conversations with the artist, participants speak about their discomfort with their given names, the decision to change them, and the complex relationships they have with their families and friends.
In the second half, the screen goes dark. In that darkness, the artist and the participants shout their new names together—again and again, with all their strength—until their voices die.
These voices echo not only as declarations of identity, but as acts of will and prayer—
a fierce desire to live by the names they have claimed for themselves.
この作品は、出生時に与えられた性別に違和感を抱き、性別と名前を変更した人々と共に制作された映像作品である。トランスジェンダーやノンバイナリーの多くは、与えられた名前に含まれる男性的・女性的な響きに違和感を覚え、自分自身で新しい名前を付け直す。
本作は二部構成になっている。前半では、名前への違和感や改名の決意、家族や友人との複雑な関係について、作者との対話を通し語られていく。後半では画面が暗転し、暗闇の中で、彼らと作者がともに、彼らの新しい名前を、声が枯れるまで必死に叫び続ける音声が流れる。
その叫びは、「この名前で生きていきたい」という強い意志と祈りとして、観る者の身体に深く響き渡る。