In the "Binding and String" series, my metal-binding technique is inspired by a Japanese dyeing method, in which string prevents corrosion on a metal plate.
My metal-binding process shows how a plate is corroded over time. A plate treated by this approach is so fragile that it can only create a couple of prints. Each print has slightly different details, thus generating a Variable Edition. Furthermore, this transformation of materials only happens once and cannot be reversed.
I have become very interested in this randomness and unpredictability believing that the principles and rules of the universe are hidden there.
Bind and String (c.p.-011), 2019, etched cupper plate, approx. 12x12 cm
銅版にできたイメージは、
いろいろな要素が交錯したある一瞬の状態を見せている。
そこには、偶然というよりは、ただ一度きりのチャンスが現れている。
いま・ここの現れ。
終わりのない日々を私たちの身体が生きている拠りどころ。
プリントしてみるまで、わからない、その未見を受けとる。
この場所は、一期一会。
人々がつかの間にこの場所と時間を共有し、
またいつもの毎日へと帰っていく。
そうして本来の私たちが息を吹き返し、生きることをとり戻す。
私は、ここを想いながら銅版に糸を巻く。
何か大切なことを思い出せるように。
銅版を作り、プリントする。
8kgの銅版。11,000mの糸。生きる身体。
I bind string around a copper plate
To remember something important
I soak it in acid, and then I print it
But it is so fragile
That it can only survive for a moment
8 kg of copper plate
11,000 m of string
A living body.
Binding and String #3, 2019 (details)
Binding and String #3, 2019, etching and ink on Japanese washi paper, paper size: 65.5x48.5cm, image size: 19x18.7cm
穴があく。
ものの一部が溶けてなくなる。
その穴はものの一部でもあり、一部でもない。
ものは後退し、穴がでてくる。
どこから？
There is a hole.
Some of the things melt and disappear.
The hole is part of the thing, not apart.
Things go back, and holes appear.
But from where?
Binding and String #5, 2019 (details)
Binding and String #5, 2019, etching and ink on Japanese washi paper, paper size: 65x48.5cm, image size: 18x17cm
Binding and String #2, 2019 (details)
Binding and String #2, 2019, etching and ink on Japanese washi paper, paper size: 48.5x65cm, image size: 15.5x19.7cm
"Intaglio Online Exhibition"
４August - 5 September 2020
This curated online exhibition showcases a selection of contemporary artists working with intaglio internationally.
PDF catalogue is avarable.
Binding and String
Mimasaka Art Temperature in Mimasaka Three Hot Springs, Installation view, Yasashisa no Yado Chikutei, Okayama, Japan,
5th October 2019 - 13th January 2020
