AI OZAKI
Silent Tango
2020
12'50" video installation
Shortly before molting, the silkworm larva remains motionless in a prayer-like pose. They call this "sleep". It eats a lot, sleeps, molts, and grows steadily. As soon as it reaches the size of a finger, it stops eating and spits out threads to form a cocoon. When it becomes a pupa, it stops moving again. What do silkworms dream of?
This is a video work created by going back and forth between texts written overlaid with the silkworm's body, which changes greatly in a short period of time, and my own body, which I have recently begun to notice small changes in.
*Related works
"Boil silkworm skin, Fujisawa, boil eggs, boil cocoons (2020/7/31-2021/1/7)"
My skin got severely sunburned after being exposed to the strong sunlight at the sea. Since the skin just before the skin peeled off looked exactly like the silkworm larvae I touched in the past, I started raising silkworm larvae. A text of 10,000 characters that overlaps the silkworm's body, which changes greatly in a short time, and my own body, which has recently begun to notice small changes.
https://www.ai-ozaki.com/silkworm skin-Fujisawa-boil eggs-boil cocoons
My skin tanned badly when I was exposed to the strong sun at sea.
The skin just before peeling was similar to the silkworm I touched before.
I cover the body of a silkworm which changes greatly in a short time with my body which has recently started to notice small changes.
I wrote texts which is silkworm observations and my body observations.
This video was made to go back and forth with this text
Artists in FAS 2020
2020/1/30~2021/3/21 *Holding changed from 3/9 to 3/21 due to the state of emergency declaration
