Artistic statement:

I investigate the ways that my body interacts with ‘the Other’. For me, ‘the Other’ does not only include people, but all living things, and even myself. I often notice that people do not understand each other, let alone know what birds are thinking, or how our own bodies function – we cannot control our own organs, for example. In my practice I am interested in imagining communication with these close yet so far incomprehensible beings and things. Based on these interests, I have been researching and producing works around the themes '性: sex, human nature' and '食: eating, food, living'.

 

The reason for addressing '性: sex, human nature' and '食: eating, food, living' is that everyone has a body,  and also comes from my parents' job at least, pixelation to hide genital parts of pornographic videos in Japan. The people touching each other on screen were like animals. When I look at the behavior of animals and living things, it looks like a microcosm of life. That is very attractive to me and makes me feel like I'm in a part of a big rhythm. My artwork comes from my daily life. My body, cooking, dead insects on the balcony, people living with me, conversations with my friends, all become part of my work. In human history, Myths, images, these things are loosely and strongly connected all over the world. They come from human life. I imagine how they are connected.

 

Therefore, I am interested in how personal things such as the body, experiences, and emotions can connect and be shared with others. I also consider how images generated in people's lives have been related to each other across different times and cultures, and how they can be expanded in the future.