"What lies within is either the body you imagine, or something else—endowed with a different kind of muscular strength that you have imagined."

《その中にあるのは、あなたの想像する身体か、或いは、あなたが想像する別の筋力を持った何か》2019

"what's inside, is either your adapted body or something with another muscular strength from your imagination"
installation

窓ガラスにカッティングシート、窓の奥でのインスタレーション

at BNA Alter Museum［BNA Hotel, Kyoto]

文字を覗き込むと、窓の奥で展開されるインスタレーションを見ることができる。アートホテルに併設されたギャラリー空間で展開された。

人の入れない空間の中で、人の姿を想像し投影する作品。

宿泊空間についた窓から見た作品内部。

作品内部からのインスタレーション風景、ステップとともに、机、ベッドなどが高さ５mの空間に配置されている。

この空間には本来は誰も入ることができない。

title:"What lies within is either the body you imagine, or something else—endowed with a different kind of muscular strength that you have imagined."

2019/-/Cutting sheet lettering on glass, interior scene (through window), bed, wood, painting, etc

This work is an installation in which the viewer peers into an interior space through letters cut from vinyl sheets affixed to a glass surface. Through the gaps between the letters, one can glimpse a room filled with complex staircases, tall shelves, and a bed—none of which seem suited for ordinary living.

There is no one in the room. And yet, the viewer begins to imagine that “someone’s body” might exist there. The bed stands on an unstable platform, and the stairs are steeply angled—clearly impractical. Still, if an “imagined body” were to be there, would it use the stairs? Could we imagine it having wings with which to fly?

A non-existent body appears in this untouchable space. If that body were to possess muscular strength, for what purpose would it be? How far can our imagination resist the gravity of the real world?

In this work, I wanted to explore the relationship between imagination and the body, between reality and gravity, by focusing on the idea of “nonexistent muscular strength.”