Please tell us about any challenges you would
like to pursue in the future.
I don’t
have any solid concepts, but I’d like to do something with Kenshiro. We’ve
done exhibitions as a pair, but creating works that are linked together is
rather difficult. However, we are testing this out little by little
and making such artwork, so it’d be great if we could exhibit it together
somewhere in the future.
What
specifically do you mean by linked works?
People and
places are often featured in Kenshiro’s work, and since they are all used
for their meaning, they are all concrete. But I extract only the
shapes and colors from that, and I create something that is slightly
linked to it using cellophane or paint, and we display our creations next
to each other. To give a more concrete example, I draw out only the
red portions from a diorama that Kenshiro created, and completely separate
from its meaning and content, I change the format and reconstruct it using
color and shapes. My creation, which appears abstract at first glance,
seems more concrete when placed next to Kenshiro’s work, and Kenshiro’s
work, influenced by mine, appears more abstract. This resonance between
our works, and how their appearance changes when viewed together, is what
makes it interesting.
Is it possible that Kenshiro and you might
collaborate on a single piece?
I think I would like to try it. However, it
wouldn’t work if we just stuck two of our works together, so it would have to
be in some other form. That said, I haven’t even conceptualized what that could
be yet.
Finally, do you have any prospects for your
individual creations?
For my solo work, I just want to continue
making what I want to make. I’m rather easily bored, and once I feel
inconvenienced by the smallest thing, I constantly think about what I could do
to make it more freeing for me. So, I am merely putting into action these
thoughts that continuously come to mind of what I’d like to do next. Additionally, I think it would be great if I could exhibit the actual
cellophane objects that Kenshiro told me he liked.