1999 Solo exhibition Contemporary Art Factory / Tokyo
Solo Exhibition Galerie Lichtblick / Cologne, Germany
2000 Exhibition Voices from Japan / CBK / Leiden, Netherland
I took my parents' portraits that look like fashion photos. They are with somehow fictional atmosphere different from their daily life. In contrast with it, I re-created old photographs from my family album into furniture -like art pieces. Images of them are 60s and 70s. They are reflections of the most active days for my parents and our family.
One round shaped mirror is turned slowly and calmly by electric motor. It indicates a time's stream. Against it, reflected image in that mirror is not moving.
Therefore people cannot realize the mirror turns. That is just like our time that we spend in every moment. 電動で回転する鏡 : 鑑賞者は一見して鏡が回転していることに気付かない。それは時間の流れを意味する
In another space of this exhibition, bed-mattresses are spread all over the floor . Several my father's images on the wall are 60s snapshot. USA's brass march is played as background music. Visitors can enjoy jumping on the bed- mattresses freely.
In Japan, 60s were the time of high economic growth. People started enjoying the Western style that came from USA. Japanese family-life were also colored by cheap imitations of Western culture. But it is definitely our happy memory of 60s.