veneer [mirror/glass]
2009
2009
Installation
Making a hole in the wall, using another artist’s installation
6070 × H2440 mm
Group exhibition: exp.
Venue: art project space ARTZONE, Kyoto
Photo: Taro Komiya
A square hole opened in the wall creates the illusion of a mirror, shaped by the flatness of the surface and the depth of the space behind it.
Even when viewers realize that their own reflection does not appear in the hole, they may continue to perceive it as a mirror.
When the very thing that defines a mirror—one’s own reflected image—is absent, what allows it to still function as a mirror?
The title “veneer” refers to a surface or thin layer. This work questions the nature of perception itself, proposing that the “mirror” exists not on the wall, but within the viewer’s eye—as a membrane of visual imagination.
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Group exhibition: exp.
Venue: art project space ARTZONE, Kyoto
Photo: Taro Komiya
A square hole opened in the wall creates the illusion of a mirror, shaped by the flatness of the surface and the depth of the space behind it.
Even when viewers realize that their own reflection does not appear in the hole, they may continue to perceive it as a mirror.
When the very thing that defines a mirror—one’s own reflected image—is absent, what allows it to still function as a mirror?
The title “veneer” refers to a surface or thin layer. This work questions the nature of perception itself, proposing that the “mirror” exists not on the wall, but within the viewer’s eye—as a membrane of visual imagination.
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壁面に開けられた四角い穴は、壁の平面性と奥行きをもつ空間との錯覚によって、まるで鏡のように見えることがある。その穴を「鏡」と認識した人々は、自らの顔が映っていないことに気づいてもなお、それを鏡として見続ける。
タイトルの “veneer” は「表層」や「薄い覆い」を意味し、鏡のように機能する視覚の膜＝知覚のイメージを、人々の眼の中に問いかける。
本来、自分の姿を映すことで鏡であるはずのものが、像を失ったとき、それは何によって“鏡”でありうるのか。
タイトルの “veneer” は「表層」や「薄い覆い」を意味し、鏡のように機能する視覚の膜＝知覚のイメージを、人々の眼の中に問いかける。
本来、自分の姿を映すことで鏡であるはずのものが、像を失ったとき、それは何によって“鏡”でありうるのか。