As John Cage noticed the sound of his blood circulation in an anechoic chamber 70 years ago and brought it to fruition in "4'33", we are always full of sound as long as we live. There is. The "silent scenery" is probably a momentary view of the raw margins that cannot be found in this world full of sound.
About the works For this exhibition, Yuji Arai, owner of Shinobazu Gallery, commissioned me to create and present a work on the theme of "black". In order to consider the "color" of black, I decided to focus on graphite and paper as materials for his work. At a residency organized by Awagami Factory, which I participated in 2018, I was given a full day experience of making Japanese paper of Nisanban (60.6x90.9cm) size. At first glance, the Japanese paper is so thin that you can see through to the other side, but its interior is made up of layers of bark fibers. As I mindlessly shook the Sugeta, I suddenly had the sensation that an image was emerging from the inside of the paper as well. Since that experience, I have been inspired to create works in which the materiality of the material (basement) and the image merge, and I began to scratch images with a needle on paper as well.