The surface label is a social symbol that signifies value, trust, and authenticity.

However, once it is peeled away, the word “invalid” appears.
Whether to reveal that invalidity, to preserve the authenticity, or to let it come off naturally—each of these paths has its limits.

Characters that once symbolized dreams have now become icons of the economic system, and those dreams have turned into expensive commodities.

Even in a world where everything is merely temporarily owned, we are still pressured to possess manufactured value—and to prove ourselves as “authentic.”
Our skin, like a label, suffocates within the confines of those values.

And yet, if the “invalid” we arrived at was born not from confusion, but from struggle—then perhaps that is exactly what constitutes human vitality and true beauty.

表面のラベルは、価値や信頼、本物を示す社会的な記号である

しかし、ひとたびそれを剥がせば「無効」という文字が現れる。無効を見せるか、本物を保つか、あるいは自然に剥がれるか。そのいずれにも限りがある

夢の象徴だったキャラクターも、今や経済システムのアイコンとなり、夢は高額な商品へと変わった

すべてが仮所有にすぎない世の中でも、つくられた価値の所有を迫られ、私たちも「本物」であることを求められている。その皮膚は、ラベルのように価値の中で息づまっていく

それでも記号に惑わされず、もがいてできた「無効」ならば、きっとそれこそが、人の生きる力であり、美しさなのだろう

Category: Sculpture
Medium: Mixed Media, Genuine Wrapping
Dimensions: H120×W110×D130mm
Collection: Private Collection
Year: 2025

Photography: Yudai Nakaya