Waterforest
2025
Sound installation
field recordings, speakers,
fabric printed with landscapes from travels,
craft items and natural objects collected during travels
hakari contemporary, Kyoto, Japan
This work is a sound installation centered on diverse water sounds recorded by the artist in various parts of the world. It is inspired especially by the gFlying River,h a vast sea of clouds observed in the Amazon rainforest. This phenomenon represents a grand natural cycle in which enormous amounts of moisture evaporate from the rainforest, form clouds in the sky, and return as rain to nourish the forest once again. The piece incorporates sound sources recorded in diverse locations including the drift ice of Shiretoko, glaciers in Iceland, Iguazu Falls in Argentina, springs in the Swiss Alps, the Lake Biwa Canal flowing beneath Kyoto, and the oceans of the world recorded during full moons and new moons. Combined with photographs taken by the artist during travels, as well as craft items and natural objects collected from each site, the installation presents an image of water in continuous motion\surpassing boundaries of space and time created by humans\to express the richness of circulation and the deep interconnectedness between natural environments and human beings, beyond opposition and division.
2025
Sound installation
field recordings, speakers,
fabric printed with landscapes from travels,
craft items and natural objects collected during travels
hakari contemporary, Kyoto, Japan
This work is a sound installation centered on diverse water sounds recorded by the artist in various parts of the world. It is inspired especially by the gFlying River,h a vast sea of clouds observed in the Amazon rainforest. This phenomenon represents a grand natural cycle in which enormous amounts of moisture evaporate from the rainforest, form clouds in the sky, and return as rain to nourish the forest once again. The piece incorporates sound sources recorded in diverse locations including the drift ice of Shiretoko, glaciers in Iceland, Iguazu Falls in Argentina, springs in the Swiss Alps, the Lake Biwa Canal flowing beneath Kyoto, and the oceans of the world recorded during full moons and new moons. Combined with photographs taken by the artist during travels, as well as craft items and natural objects collected from each site, the installation presents an image of water in continuous motion\surpassing boundaries of space and time created by humans\to express the richness of circulation and the deep interconnectedness between natural environments and human beings, beyond opposition and division.
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