2012年に21_21 DESIGN SIGHT「テマヒマ展〈東北の食と住〉」をはじめ、フランス、ドイツ、イタリア、シンガポール、韓国など、世界各国で上映された日本のドキュメンタリーです。
“東北のものづくりには、合理性を追求してきた現代社会が忘れてしまいがちな「時間」の概念が、今もなお生き続けています。
長く厳しい冬を越すなかで、繰り返し根気よく行われる手仕事。暦に寄り添い素材を準備する、自然が息づく謙虚な暮らし。
未来を考えるデザインの観点からも注目したい、「手間」のプロセス、「ひま」(時間)というプロセス。
テマヒマかけた東北のものづくりが可能としてきた特色や魅力、そして何よりその考え方を、私たちはどのように明日につないでいけるのでしょうか。”
(開催概要より)
Japanese documentary that has been evaluated highly, screened around the world such as France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, South Korea, and the United States.
7 short films about the food and living spaces of the Tohoku region.
"Time," a concept that is often ignored in the modern pursuit for efficiency, is a value that still lives on with the making things of the Tohoku region. The people toil steadily as they wait for the long hard winters to pass. They live humble lives, close to nature harvesting and preparing their materials with the changing seasons. The process of "TEMA (effort)" and "HIMA (time)" is one worthy of attention particularly in the context of design for the future. How can we learn from the distinctive character, charm, and above all, philosophy shaped by Tohoku's "TEMA HIMA" of making things and use this as a stepping stone for tomorrow? (From exhibition outline.)