LAST MILK

Glasses filled with milk, precariously stacked.

When you finish the one at the very bottom, the name of a primate appears on its underside.
Each of them, like us, lives on this Earth and was nurtured with breast milk as a mammal.
Yet many are now listed on the Red List as endangered species—creatures that may one day vanish from this world.

Today, society relentlessly pushes globalization, consuming everything in its path.
But is that truly the priority for lives on the brink of disappearance?
Aren’t we gravely mistaken about what matters most?

If we continue doing nothing, the glasses will empty—and collapse.

So, what if we became the ones who fill them next?
Little by little is enough—like the milk and love that once poured into us.

ラストミルク

不安定に積み重ねられた、ミルク入りのグラス

一番下のひとつを飲み干すと、その裏から霊長類の名前が現れる。それらはすべて、私たちと同じく地球上で暮らし、母乳で育った哺乳類たちだ。しかし、その多くは絶滅危惧種としてレッドリストに記され、いずれこの世から姿を消してしまう存在かもしれない

いま社会はグローバリゼーションを推し進め、あらゆるものを消費している。だがそれは、消えゆく命にとって、本当に優先されるべきことなのだろうか。私たちは、盛大に優先順位を見誤ってはいないだろうか

このまま何もしなければ、グラスは空になり崩れていく

次は私たちが、満たす存在になるのはどうだろうか？
少しずつでいい。私たちも、注がれてきた愛情やミルクのように

Category: Sculpture, Photography
Medium: Mixed Media
Dimensions: H500×W350×D350mm
Collection: Private Collection
Year: 2025

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Ateles hybridus – Photo by Fir0002, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
Trachypithecus leucocephalus – Photo by – , licensed under CC0 1.0. Source
Macaca nigra – Photo by Tim Strater, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Source
Pygathrix nemaeus – Photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Source
Propithecus verreauxi – Photo by JialiangGao, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0
Macaca pagensis – Photo by Sakurai Midori, licensed under CC BY 3.0
Brachyteles arachnoides – Photo by Leonardo Desordi Lobo, licensed under CC BY 2.0. Source
Trachypithecus poliocephalus – Photo by ALOnIShOnETH, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Hapalemur aureus – Photo by Rachel Kramer, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Nomascus siki – Photo by F.Spangenberg, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Plecturocebus oenanthe – Photo by CurtisJTripp, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Cercopithecus roloway – Photo by Hans Hillewaert, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Piliocolobus preussi – Photo by Astaras, used with permission. Attribution required.
Trachypithecus delacouri – Photo by Olevy, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Prolemur simus – Photo by Charles J. Sharp, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Eulemur mongoz – Photo by Lea Maimone, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5
Eulemur flavifrons – Photo by Charlie Marshall, licensed under CC BY 2.0. Source
Propithecus deckenii – Photo by François, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Lepilemur septentrionalis – Photo by Edward E. Louis, Jr, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Propithecus diadema – Photo by Charles J. Sharp, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Varecia variegata – Photo by Chensiyuan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Lepilemur ruficaudatus – Photo by Gavinevans, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Nomascus leucogenys – Photo by Hasekamp at Dutch Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, 2.5
Cebus trinitatis – Photo by William Stephens, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Propithecus coronatus – Photo by Jose Antonio, Public Domain. Source
Eulemur cinereiceps – Photo by Lemur, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Propithecus candidus – Photo by Jeff Gibbs, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Indri indri – Photo by Charles J. Sharp, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Propithecus perrieri – Photo by Kris Norvig, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Presbytis femoralis – Photo by Andie Ang, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Varecia rubra – Photo by Charles J. Sharp, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Cebus aequatorialis – Photo by MunicipioPinas, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Source
Colobus vellerosus – Photo by Simon Tonge, licensed under CC0 1.0. Source
Propithecus coquereli – Photo by Charles J. Sharp, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Microcebus gerpi – Photo by Blanchard Randrianambinina, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Propithecus coronatus – Photo by Jose Antonio, Public Domain. Source
Brachyteles hypoxanthus – Photo by Peter Schoen, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Source
Callithrix flaviceps – Photo by Peter Schoen, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Source
Cebus kaapori – Photo by CStrauch, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Piliocolobus rufomitratus – Photo by Michal Sloviak, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Sapajus xanthosternos – Photo by albinfo, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Lagothrix flavicauda – Photo by Platyrrhinus, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Plecturocebus caquetensis – Photo by TheActorStar, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Propithecus coquereli – Photo by Charles J. Sharp, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source
Plecturocebus vieirai – Photo by Miguelrange, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Hapalemur alaotrensis – Photo by Jotaguru, licensed under CC BY 3.0
Saguinus bicolor – Photo by Whaldener Endo, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0
Pygathrix nigripes – Photo by Broobas, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0