Vol. 26 (2025): Special Issue: Déchets, débris et autres matières et choses inutiles dans la littérature, la pensée et les arts
Déchets, débris et autres matières et choses inutiles dans la littérature, la pensée et les arts

Art ou déchet ? La question d’où l’on regarde, à partir de l’exemple du tomason

Christelle Nicolas
Université d’Artois

Published 06-05-2025

Keywords

  • Akasegawa Genpei,
  • tomason,
  • hyperart,
  • Hendrik Sturm,
  • spatiality,
  • mitate,
  • ready-made,
  • suiseki,
  • urban walking,
  • located performance

How to Cite

Nicolas, C. (2025). Art ou déchet ? La question d’où l’on regarde, à partir de l’exemple du tomason. Verbum – Analecta Neolatina, 26, 141–165. https://doi.org/10.59533/Verb.2025.26.sp.11

Abstract

This article shows how a fragment of architecture, a waste product specific to a society in the process of modernization, the tomason in Japan from the 1970s onwards, came to re-evaluate a certain vision of art (object, author) in particular through a specific relationship to space. The tomason refers to an artistic practice little known in the West, which a recent publication has just highlighted (Akasegawa 2024). This will enable us to develop new links with other artistic and cultural practices.