Gap I

My practice examines the certainty of what we believe we “know,” drawing on information gathered through the senses—things we have seen or touched, as well as presences felt through the body.

The "Gap" series gives form to the portion of a window that remains uncovered when the curtains on either side are drawn back and secured, the space through which a view would ordinarily appear. When the curtains are opened, a 'shape for the view to occupy' emerges between them. Yet because our gaze passes through this space toward the scene beyond, the contour of the shape itself goes unnoticed. The series extracts this overlooked contour and makes it visible as an object in its own right.

I call this practice “STILLTHING”: giving form to overlooked states within everyday life and reconsidering them as things that simply continue to exist there.

I work from my studio in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. Depending on the work, I combine a range of techniques and processes, including metalworking, woodworking, fabric manipulation, and 3D printing, carrying out every stage myself.