07/26/2021 21:24
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 07/26/2021 9:24 PM
Tokyo 2020 will be remembered forever as the Olympic event marked by the coronavirus pandemic, which forced the event to be postponed for a year, to play the event without an audience and to implement a strict prevention protocol to minimize the risks of contagion. . And the Japanese artist
Tanaka Tatsuya
decided to pay tribute to these Games with a series of photographs that combine the Olympic disciplines with face masks, which in the last year and a half became an inevitable part of the life of the whole world.
Tanaka, a well-known photographer and writer, used all his creativity and imagination to transform chinstraps into different sports venues that are part of the Olympic program.
And he completed the postcards - which he baptized with the name "Tokyo 2020" - with little athletes.
The high jump, one of the athletics events, under the magnifying glass of Tanaka Tatsuya.
Instagram photo @tanaka_tatsuya
Thus, the elastics used to hold them behind the ears became the high jump bars that athletes traverse on their backs in this athletic event.
The piece of cloth that usually covers the face imitated a volleyball net, and the folds that shape the masks served as lifts for a swimming pool in one photograph and a running track in another.
The chinstrap was transformed into a volleyball net.
Instagram photo @tanaka_tatsuya
Tanaka has been creating miniature everyday scenes and situations for almost a decade, reusing different household objects and figurines.
His series of miniature calendars show the limitless imagination of the artist.
With the arrival of the pandemic, the artist incorporated the chinstraps into his usual tools - office materials, clothing, different types of food - that all people had to incorporate into their lives.
The mini athletes about to run down the lifts that form the folds of the chinstrap.
Instagram photo @tanaka_tatsuya
And on the occasion of the Olympic Games held in his country, he did not want to miss the opportunity and celebrated the realization of the most important sporting event with a special production that shows his particular vision of the world. Safety pin.