R E I K O  A O Y A G I

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2025

Choci Loni meets Tobiume Project

Chapter, Cardiff, UK

Video original footage

12m 15s

I like to start with physical objects, especially fragile materials, as a metaphor for the vulnerable state of humans and the world in which we live.

I have taken up fragmented, powdery bones that can be seen as wounded bodies. I felt the need to add some fluid around them, so I used some saliva, which has healing and protecting properties.

I've been interested in exploring the macro world in the micro world; I have taken videos of these materials under a microscope.

The debris of bones are floating amongst the light creatures in the saliva. The sound was created to transmit space/time far away by playing singing bowls.

All these images and sounds are supported by transparent crystal light, as the space/time in which some kind of transformation may occur. R.A.