THANK YOU CELEB PROJECT "I'M BOKAN" | Chim↑Pom from Smappa!Group

--- Project Index: BENTEN 2024BENTEN 2024 2024
ナラッキーNa-Lucky 2023
DOBUROKGEOLLIDOBUROKGEOLLI 2022
いつのことだか思いだしてごらん 2022
改名Name Change 2022
くらいんぐみゅーじあむCrying Museum 2022
SUNSUN 2022
はい、こんにちは Hello There 2020
May, 2020, TokyoMay, 2020, Tokyo 2020
A Drunk PandemicA Drunk Pandemic 2019
にんげんレストランNingen restaurant 2018
道Street 2017-
The other side 2017
Scrap & Build 2 2017
Scrap & Build 2016
Don't Follow The Wind initiated by Chim↑Pom 2015-
10th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION 2015
金三昧KANE-ZANMAI 2014-
パラドックスPARADOX 2014
LOVE IS OVER 2014
マッドエリイMAD ELLIE 2013-
GARBAGE 2012-
PAVILION 2012-
REAL TIMES 2011
パズルPUZZLE 2011,2014-
IMAGINEIMAGINE 2010
BLACK OF DEATH 2008,2013
広島HIROSHIMA 2008-
JAPANESE ART IS 10 YEARS BEHIND, AND ART OF THE WORLD IS 7 OR 8 YEARS BEHIND. 2008
友情か友喰いか友倒れかBecoming Friends, Eating Each Other or Falling Down Together 2008
TPA 2007
THANK YOU CELEB PROJECT "I'M BOKAN" 2007
ともだちTOMODACHI 2007
オレオレORE-ORE 2007
エロキテルEROKITEL 2007-
スーパーラットSUPER RAT 2006-
BODY 2005-

--- Statement　open/close: acting on volunteer spirits
acting on Gal culture
we’ve gotten somehow eagerly involved in
succeeding to the context of the Diana spirits
still alive from Hepburn to Angelina Jolie and Madonna
even though it’s hypocrisy to camouflage gaps in society
but let’s leave such a bitter criticism aside for now
why?
“Road to Cambodia”
just because land mines are waiting there
we can’t help but feel
it’s rather ourselves who’ve got things to be blasted away “Land mine Removal”
to realize such a super celebrity-like dream
we got cheap flight tickets
from ACOM via H.I.S. to Cambodia
let’s go flying
even without leaving our last wills
if anything we’ve got to leave to avoid misunderstandings
we shall repeat the same word my mother used to scold us “It’s not a joke!!”
so if any trouble happens to us
it’s all our responsibility
what matters?
we can never be asocial individuals irresponsible to the world let’s go Chim↑Pom
now the time to show your volunteer spirits
that’s the Celeb Duty

Chim↑Pom April 2007

[ACOM: the most popular consumer credit in Japan H.I.S.: the most popular cheap travel agency in Japan]
--- Overview　open/close: 2007
The project was launched to realize the dream of Ellie who strongly emphasizes with celebrities - she wanted to do charity work in minefields like Princess Diana. During Chim↑Pom’s one-month stay in Cambodia, they exploded 7 items, including Ellie’s luxury handbag, an iPod, a plaster figure of Ellie posing like a celebrity, while defusing landmines. Local residents who voluntarily clear landmines while taking care of their mine-affected children helped to carry out the project. After returning to Japan, Chim↑Pom held a charity auction. Ellie and Seiko Ito became auctioneers and sold the exploded items as art objects. Contrary from the ordinary auction style where prices go up, this auction started from the same prices as those of famous works and continued to lower until a bidder raised their hand. The prices were projected on a screen in US Dollars, Japanese Yen, Cambodian Riel, along with the number of prosthetic limbs that could be purchased for that amount. The auction raised 2.1 million yen in total. The full amount of Chim↑Pom’s share of 1.05 million yen was donated to those in need during their second visit to Cambodia.

OKABELT
2007
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
SPEECH
2007
Video (1' 53")
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
BAKUHATSU
2007
video (5'41")
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
VENUS
2007
Plaster figure (exploded by land mines), prosthetic limb
155×56×56cm
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
ellieZABETH
2007
Bag (exploded by land mines)
25×36×15cm
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
MIZUNO TAKASHI
2007
Bag (exploded by land mines)
18×27×10cm
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
iNAPod
2007
iPod (exploded by land mines)
dimensions variable.
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
YASUTEMAN
2007
wallet (exploded by land mines)
19×10×2cm
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
USHIRO CLUB
2007
pricho -photo booth diary (exploded by land mines)
20×30cm
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
OKABELT
2007
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
SPEECH
2007
Video (1' 53")
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production

--- チャリティーオークションCharity Auction　open/close

Thank You Celeb Project I’m BOKAN
“Charity Auction” at P-HOUSE (Tokyo, 2007)
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
Thank You Celeb Project I’m BOKAN
“Charity Auction” at P-HOUSE (Tokyo, 2007)
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production
Thank You Celeb Project I’m BOKAN
“Charity Auction” at P-HOUSE (Tokyo, 2007)
Photo: Kenji Morita
Courtesy of the artist, ANOMALY and MUJIN-TO Production