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“Paths are made by walking”
In order to determine the truth of this statement, Yamashita and Kobayashi ran in a loop on a grass lawn in Switzerland for five straight days.
Photos were taken in one-second intervals and edited together to make a high speed time-lapse video.
In the video, a path shaped like an infinity loop (∞) gradually emerges in the grass.
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source: yamashita-kobayashi
Mai Yamashita (born in 1976) and Naoto Kobayashi (born in 1974) are a Japanese artist couple who met at high school and started working together officially in 2001. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, they moved to Germany. Since then, they have been living and working in Berlin and Tokyo.
The simple structure and humor in their methodology turns the seemingly impossible dream into reality and their work is a condensation of everyday life. In Candy (2005), for instance, the duo licked a huge ball of candy every day over six months until it had been reduced to normal size. In Infinity (2006), Yamashita + Kobayashi jog day after day over a course in the shape of the sign for infinity (∞), slowly inscribing itself on the grass. Their sincere attitude towards these seemingly purposeless duties contains a touch of humor and at the same time makes viewers reconsider about many rituals without meaning in their daily lives.
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source: yamashita-kobayashi

山下麻衣 (1976年生)と小林直人(1974年生)は、高校時代に出会い、2001年から公式にユニットでの活動を始める。
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source: fileorgbr

“Paths are made by walking.” In order to determine whether the above phrase was actually true, Yamashita and Kobayashi kept running in a park for five days. In the fast-forward movie compiled from digital photographs taken one per second, a path with the shape of infinity gradually emerges as they move in high-speed.
Biography:
The Japanese artist duo Mai Yamashita (b 1976) and Naoto Kobayashi (b 1974) is working in the field of multi-media. Both of them studied at MFA Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Since they came to Germany in 2004, they live and work in Europe. They have participated in various major international exhibitions, festivals and screenings (ARS 06, The Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki / I Am Future Melancholic, Tate Modern / Small Mischiefs, Pump House Gallery, London / Videonale 11, Kunstmuseum Bonn / International Film Festival Rotterdam / transmediale.06, Berlin etc.)
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source: fileorgbr

Abstract:
“Os caminhos são feitos pelos passos.” Para determinar se essa frase é realmente verdadeira, Yamashita e Kobayashi passaram cinco dias correndo num parque. No filme em velocidade acelerada compilado das fotografias digitais tiradas uma por segundo, um caminho com a forma do infinito surge gradualmente conforme eles se movem em alta velocidade.
Biography:
A dupla de artistas japoneses Mai Yamashita (1976) e Naoto Kobayashi (1974) trabalha no campo da multimídia. Ambos fizeram mestrado na Universidade Nacional de Belas Artes e Música de Tóquio. Os dois foram para a Alemanha em 2004 e vivem na Europa desde então. Participaram de diveras exposições, festivais e projeções internacionais (ARS 06, The Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinque / I Am Future Melancholic, Tate Modern / Small Mischiefs, Pump House Gallery, Londres / Videonale 11, Kunstmuseum, Bonn / International Film Festival, Roterdã / transmediale.06, Berlim, etc.).