Visual artist Bangladesh

Kabir Ahmed Masum Chisty

2014 Residence Program

Born in 1976 in Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

［Residence Program］ Oct 14, 2014〜Nov 16, 2014

Activities during the residency

Chisty held three workshops during his stay in Fukuoka. In the first, he invited 104 third-graders from a local elementary school to create pastel drawings inspired by “what I dreamed last night.” Creating a sequence from the 105 resulting images, he made an animated video. Three weeks later, he held another workshop – this time to create a soundtrack for the animation with 39 sixth-graders from another elementary school. Dividing the students into groups, and using instruments and objects from a home economics classroom, Chisty had the students make improvised sounds as they watched the video. He then asked local musician Sakaguchi Kazuhiko to edit the students’ sounds before finalizing the video, The Dream that We had Together Last Night. Chisty also held a third workshop, “Changing the Past!,” in which he invited 124 third-year middle school students to remodel old toys.
Chisty also displayed his video installation Cocoon at a gallery during FT5, rounding out his rich contributions to the event.

Workshops

October 17 – ‘Create a Painting from Last Night’s Dream’
School children used pastel crayons to draw pictures inspired by what they had dreamed the night before.
Participants: 104 third-graders from Arita Elementary School
Venue: Ajibi Hall, Sculpture Lounge

November 6 – ‘Recording Sounds for What I Dreamed Last Night’
The children made various improvised sounds while watching Kabir’s animation.
Participants: 39 sixth-graders from Chiyo Elementary School
Venue: Ajibi Hall, Sculpture Lounge

November 7 – ‘Changing the Past’
The children made sculptures by remodeling disused toys.
Participants: 124 Year 3 students from Fukuoka Junior High School, within Fukuoka University of Education
Venue: Fukuoka Junior High School, Fukuoka University of Education