ボッタ

ボッタのところにいた古谷さんの本を読んでボッタが懐かしくなった。イアエステでスイスバーゼルに行くと決まり、当時まだ日本では乏しいボッタ情報を求めて安藤忠雄さんのところに伺った。あいにく安藤さんは外出中、奥様が丁寧にボッタの作品地図を見せてくれた。それを書き取り、バーゼルで働いていたある週末、原付きとニコンの高いカメラを職場のボスに借りて電車に乗せて南下。10以上のボッタ作品を、カメラに収めた。帰国してSDがそのネガを数十万で買ってくれた。ありがたかった。

I missed Mario Botta after reading Mr. Furuya’s book. I decided to go to Basel, Switzerland through IAESTE and I visited Tadao Ando for information on Botta, which was still scarce in Japan at that time. Unfortunately, Mr. Ando was out and his wife politely showed me a map of Botta’s work. I wrote it down, and one weekend when I was working in Basel, I borrowed a high-end camera and motor bike from my boss at work and took them south on the train. More than 10 botta works were captured in the camera. After returning to Japan, SD bought the negative for hundreds of thousands. Thank you.