IMG_1895, 2025, installation
Paper, canvas, fabric, thread, curtain rod, foam sponge, cardboard and pipe
320 x 250 x 100cm

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All the photos used in this work were taken ten years ago in Tokyo during a school holiday. At the time, I was in my third year of living away from home and my family. I remember taking some of these pictures vividly, while others feel completely unfamiliar. Since my time in Japan was limited, I took countless random photos. Looking back, I can sense just how much I was missing home.

The image printed on the organza fabric curtain shows a stage in a zoo. While I was making this piece I found out that this stage doesn't exist anymore. 
The fragility of the fabric echoes this disappearance, evoking the ways places and memories slip away over time. By layering these images, the work creates a surface where presence and absence coexist, blurring what is remembered and what is lost.

The audience is invited to open and close the curtain, physically interacting with the layers of memories underneath.
This gesture turns private recollections into shared encounters, where the act of looking becomes a performance of remembering and forgetting.