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The Beast Tale
2026
00:02:15
This video is a re-edited vision piece based on the invasive species Reeves’s muntjac, which causes agricultural damage and affects ecosystems on Izu Oshima, and on the practices and narratives surrounding the regional utilization of its meat. It reconstructs, as a single story, the narratives gained through an interactive workshop consisting of a booklet-based understanding of the current situation and problem-posing, a dissection demonstration, tasting, and dialogue, along with insights obtained through fieldwork. It visualizes, in narrative form, signs of aversion, hesitation, reevaluation, and sharing, depicting the process of rethinking a pest not merely as a target for extermination, but as part of the region’s food culture through the act of gratefully and deliciously consuming life. It presents the issue surrounding the Reeves’s muntjac as a subject for reconsidering the relationship between the region, life, and social coexistence.
