What happens when an octopus engages with art?
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When the Japanese artist Shimabuku was 31 years oldC he took an octopus on a tour of Tokyo. After catching it from the sea with the help of a local fisherman in AkashiC a coastal city over 3 hours away from the Japanese capital by trainC he transported the live creature in a temperature-controlled tank of seawater to show it the sights of Tokyo before returning it safely to its home the same day.
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I thought it would be niceC the artistC now 56C said about the experienceC over a video call from his home in NahaC Japan. I started to travel when I was 20 years old. But octopusesC maybe they dont travel so much and when they doC they are just going to be eaten. I wanted to take an octopus on a tripC but not to be eaten.
Documenting it on videoC Shimabuku took the octopus to see the Tokyo TowerC before visiting the Tsukiji fish marketC where the animal reacted very strongly to seeing other octopuses on saleC the artist said. Octopuses are smart maybe he told his experience to his octopus friends in the sea (after returning).
The interspecies day tripC resulting in the 2000 video work ThenC I Decided to Give a Tour of Tokyo to the Octopus from AkashiC kickstarted a series of projects Shimabuku has undertaken over the decades that engage with octopuses in playfulC inquisitive ways. A portion of this work is currently on show in the UKC in two exhibitions that explore humanitys relationship with nature and animal life: More than Human at the Design Museum in London (through October 5) and Sea Inside at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich (through October 26).
Fascinated by what the sea creatures might thinkC feelC or likeC Shimabuku has documented their reactions to various experiencesC from the city tour of Tokyo to being given specially crafted artworks. They have a curiosityC he said. For some other animalsC its only about eating and making love. But I think octopuses have time to wander time for hobbies.
When he lived in the Japanese city of KobeC Shimabuku would go on fishing trips with local fishermanC taking the opportunity to learn about octopuses. Traditionally we catch octopuses in empty ceramic pots thats my hometown customC he said. Fishermen would throw hundreds of pots into the seaC wait two daysC then retrieve them finding octopuses inside. Octopuses like narrow spaces so they just come into itC explained Shimabuku.
When he saw the animals within the potsC he discovered they were carrying things: shellsC stonesC even bits of broken beer bottles. He began to save the small objects the octopuses had gathered a collection of a collectionC he said.