【Duration】

May 3rd to May 12th, 2024　from 10:00 to 18:00

【Location】

MOGANA 1F Meditation Room

【Story】

The title of this exhibition, "that-is-about-to-appear," is a response to Roland Barthes' description of the essence of photography as "that-has-been," in French "ça-a-été." A photograph is a fragment that proves the subject was present in front of the camera at the moment it was taken. However, if the photograph itself is blurred and the subject is not clearly distinguishable, the viewer is left to continue the "development" of the photograph. Based on memories, emotions, and subjective notions of beauty, the viewer is compelled to interpret and fill in the vague areas in order to complete the image.

Instagram previews a blurry image while the post is loading. A transparent circle appears in the center, and for a short period of time until the loading is complete, a blurred neutral image with no ties to a certain time or place, floats on the screen arousing the viewer’s imagination.Having noticed this phenomenon at crowded stations and whenever I reached my data limit, I started to work on this series in the attempt to capture the illusionary images, which are posted and consumed on a daily basis, and to fixate them as prints.

For my latest "#illusion #幻影" series, I edited blurred images that I collected from Instagram, abstracted them so that the subject and background blended together, and screen-printed them on mirror. During the screen-printing process, the blurred images are converted into dots, and in doing so, the images become even more ambiguous.When our sight is unclear, we often perceive more. Please come to experience what-is-about-to-appear at the venue.

Born in Hyogo, Japan. Studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins in London and printmaking at Osaka University of Arts. Collecting everyday trivialities and traces, she creates works that reinterpret daily life from new perspectives using printmaking, photography, and film.