Painted Board Girls as the Device towards De-creation

Abstract

The true outside that cannot be expressed as negation of the inside, is needed to be summoned up by the specific device that is characterized by invalidating exclusive relation. Such device is here expressed by “painted board girls”, inspired by a tombstonelike monument, Animita in Chile. On one hand, expression of painted board like mountains called “KAKIWARI” was developed in the history of Japanese paintings, and that can suggest the outside which cannot be perceived behind the mountain. On the other hand, Animita can be personal since it can cut the connection between Animita and the person who is related to the Animita. In other words, the term “personal” implies not only invalidating the tombstone-like monument but also embodiment of holy concept summoned from the outside. Animita is so special KAKIWARI that can sum up something from the outside. To manifest the significance of special KAKIWARI, we propose the notion of frontier that is our cognitive limit and suggests the outside behind the frontier, and the notion of boundary that can distinguish the inside and the outside in a bird eye perspective. “Painted board girls” is established as half-frontier and half-boundary.