December 10, 2023 - April 7, 2024
Solo Exhibition
Shanghai Museum of Glass, China
Special site (Chinese)
２０２３年１２月１０日（日）〜 ２０２4年４月７日（日）
個展
上海玻璃博物館（中国）
この展覧会がスタートした12月頃、私の住んでいる日本の富山では「ぶり起こし」と言って冬の風物詩がある。ぶり起こしとは冬の雷のことで、この時期に日本海を回遊しているブリが獲れ始めるので、そう呼ばれる。風で波が荒れ、積乱雲が激しい雷を発生させ、毎年、私の子供たちも恐怖で夜を過ごす。しかし、この嵐の時期が過ぎ去ると私たちの地方に素敵な銀世界の雪をもたらしてくれる。自然も人工物も、全てが真っ白な雪に覆われる。
コロナ禍の三年間、私は人や都市部から離れ、自然との対話が多くなった。この経験は私に新しい価値観をもたらしてくれた。作品「空を旅する」や「宇宙のうた」からその世界観を感じてもらえるととても嬉しい。実は人間だけが右往左往して、他者の生き物は変わりなく生と死を繰り返しながら過ごしていた。そんな美しい自然の摂理の中で人間はどうやって共存して生きていくのか。私たちに問われている。
最後に、ガラスは光を具現化するための最適な素材である。自然光、または照明などの二次的な光によって、それはより強固な存在となるが、ガラスもまた生命のように脆く儚い。この世界には絶対という存在はなく、全ては生と死を繰り返しながら時間と共に流れてゆく。
This exhibition commenced in the winter of December. In Toyama, Japan, where I reside, the "Fubutsushi" the "Yellowtail Fish Mobilization," is at its peak. The term "Yellowtail Fish Mobilization" refers to the occurrence of winter thunder, signaling the season when yellowtail fish, migrating to the Sea of Japan, enter their fishing season. Roaring waves crash against the shore, thunderclouds roll, and every year during this season, my children pass through the night in a state of fearful anticipation. However, after the wind and snow pass, the surroundings instantly transform into a world blanketed in a silver, pristine landscape. Whether natural or man-made, everything in the world is covered in pure white snow.
In the three years affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, I have lived in seclusion, distancing myself from crowds and bustling cities, engaging in more conversations with nature. This experience has given me a new perspective, and I believe that viewers can derive joy from this novel worldview through the works "Journey in the Sky and "Song of the Universe" In reality, only humans rush anxiously in all directions, while the rest of creation steadfastly follows the natural cycle of life and death, born into life and returning to death. In the face of such a beautifully natural order, how should humanity coexist and thrive? This is the question we collectively confront in the present.
Finally, glass is the ideal material that refracts light. Whether it's natural light or artificial lighting, the transparent glass gains increased presence under the illumination, yet it is as fragile and impermanent as life itself. Nothing in the world is absolute; all things cycle through the processes of life and death in the flow of time.
Note: "Fubutsushi" refers to the literary expression of seasonally representative elements that evoke associations with the specific season.
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