| 次世代の壁画アーティストに、壁画に挑戦する機会を提供する「Mural Rookies プロジェクト」。今回はアーティストのKazuTabuが、神奈川県葉山町にあるクリエイティブイベントスペース「moshimo cafe」で初の壁画制作を行いました。作品のインスピレーションを得る為の問い 「あなたの“もしも“は何ですか？」に対し「もしも葉山の神さまを見ることができたら」という答えたKazTabuは、山の神様の象徴として狸を描き上げてくれました。葉山地域で滅多に見ることができない狸を描くからこそ、想像力を掻き立てる素晴らしい初壁画作品となりました。 Our Mural Rookies (MR) Project offers aspiring mural artists the chance to showcase their talent in the field of mural painting. As part of this program, we undertake the task of repainting the exterior wall of moshimo cafe + space in Hayama once or twice a year. Our most recent collaboration was with artist Kazu Tabu. To ignite inspiration for this particular artwork, we posed the question, “What’s Your ‘What If’?” (as “moshimo” translates to “what if” in Japanese) and Kazu provided an intriguing response. He pondered, “What if we could actually perceive the gods, goddesses, and spirits of Hayama with our own eyes?” Kazu’s answer manifested as a representation of a mountain deity in the form of a tanuki, also known as a raccoon dog. Although these creatures are rarely sighted by human eyes in Hayama, they possess great significance within the community. | 