Photomontage on kakejiku
The Cleanest Touch in Ibusuki, Japan
Embossing with the Ground, Revealing with the Sky
2025
Embossing with the Ground, Revealing with the Sky
2025
Work Details:
I guided a deep rest immersion on the volcanic wild shores of Cape Nagasakibana, Ibusuki, Japan. I then 'harvested' the embossed imprints on participants's skin with my camera. I afterwards played with some digital photo insertions on traditional Japanese elements like fusuma (gliding paper door) and kakekiju (Japanese scroll), just for fun and with the prospect of real life printmaking in the near future.
I guided a deep rest immersion on the volcanic wild shores of Cape Nagasakibana, Ibusuki, Japan. I then 'harvested' the embossed imprints on participants's skin with my camera. I afterwards played with some digital photo insertions on traditional Japanese elements like fusuma (gliding paper door) and kakekiju (Japanese scroll), just for fun and with the prospect of real life printmaking in the near future.
The Cleanest Touch on fusuma and kakekiju introduces the sensuous, embodied aesthetics of belonging to the local volcanic landscape into a traditional Japanese house. This serves as a counterbalance to the more distant, visual appreciation of nature’s beauty from the perspective of an outer observer.
Historically, fusuma paintings, known as shōhekiga, adorned the residences of shoguns and lords, showcasing their power and wealth through elaborate landscapes, mythological scenes, and the use of gold and silver tones. They evolved into reflecting the family's culture, hobbies, and regional characteristics, transforming the room into an art space that aligns with the occupants' identity.
Here, the fusuma holds graphic art created on human skin by simply resting directly on the volcanic rocks of the local landscape.
Ground's calligraphy
in just one stroke of gravity -
Poem on our skin.
in just one stroke of gravity -
Poem on our skin.
V.O. | Fukuoka, 26.06.2025
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The Flying Door
Dear Fusuma,
I love pronouncing your name.
Thank you for gliding so smoothly
inside a washitsu.
Thank you for the sound you make when
you transition from being a paper wall
to being an open door.
Thank you for holding the aesthetics
of the appreciation of nature and its seasons.
Thank you for mirroring
the way we relate to nature,
and for teaching us to be flexible.
And most of all, thank you for the dance.
I love pronouncing your name.
Thank you for gliding so smoothly
inside a washitsu.
Thank you for the sound you make when
you transition from being a paper wall
to being an open door.
Thank you for holding the aesthetics
of the appreciation of nature and its seasons.
Thank you for mirroring
the way we relate to nature,
and for teaching us to be flexible.
And most of all, thank you for the dance.
V.O. | Fukuoka, 24.06.2025
