negative body
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Inkjet print, Single-channel video 16:52｜2012｜
雨の降り始めに、地面に大の字になってしばらく雨に濡れる。頃合いを見計らって立ち上がると、大の字になっていた自分の形が現れる。
その行程をビデオで記録し、出来たシルエットを写真に収めた。自宅の前の道路、旅先の広場、近所の川の遊歩道など、いくつかの場所で行った。時に道行く人に心配され、時にからかわれたりした。
この作品をつくった当時のステイトメントを読み返すと、「洞窟壁画のネガティブハンド」「原爆の石」という言葉が挙げられていた。前作「おぼえておきたいこと」（2012-）で弟の死を前にした時、弟の形の空洞が世界にできたように感じた。この作品では、おそらくそれを普遍的なこととして考えたかったのだと、今になって思う。死ということに自分も含まれるということを考えたかったのだ。
その行程をビデオで記録し、出来たシルエットを写真に収めた。自宅の前の道路、旅先の広場、近所の川の遊歩道など、いくつかの場所で行った。時に道行く人に心配され、時にからかわれたりした。
この作品をつくった当時のステイトメントを読み返すと、「洞窟壁画のネガティブハンド」「原爆の石」という言葉が挙げられていた。前作「おぼえておきたいこと」（2012-）で弟の死を前にした時、弟の形の空洞が世界にできたように感じた。この作品では、おそらくそれを普遍的なこととして考えたかったのだと、今になって思う。死ということに自分も含まれるということを考えたかったのだ。
When it starts to rain, I lie on the ground with my arms and legs stretched out and get wet for a while. Then I stand up and my body shape appears on the ground.
I filmed the process and took pictures of my silhouettes created by the rain. I did this in several places, including the street in front of my house, the town square where I traveled, and the riverwalk in my neighborhood. Sometimes people on the street were worried about me, and sometimes they laughed at me.
When I reread the statement at the time of making this work, the words "negative handprints in the caves" and "human shadow etched in stone" were mentioned. When I faced the death of my brother through my previous work "Something remember" (2012-), I felt as if a void in the shape of my brother had been created in the world. In this work, I now realize that maybe I wanted to look at it in a more universal way; I wanted to think about the fact that I am also included in death.
I filmed the process and took pictures of my silhouettes created by the rain. I did this in several places, including the street in front of my house, the town square where I traveled, and the riverwalk in my neighborhood. Sometimes people on the street were worried about me, and sometimes they laughed at me.
When I reread the statement at the time of making this work, the words "negative handprints in the caves" and "human shadow etched in stone" were mentioned. When I faced the death of my brother through my previous work "Something remember" (2012-), I felt as if a void in the shape of my brother had been created in the world. In this work, I now realize that maybe I wanted to look at it in a more universal way; I wanted to think about the fact that I am also included in death.