A work that wraps a disposable mouse in a container.

In Japan, mice and containers are indispensable to sustaining life and advancing medicine. Yet, once used, they are easily discarded—a reality that often goes unquestioned.

To encourage a shift in this perception, this work incorporates the concept of “lenticular,” where the appearance changes depending on the viewer’s perspective. The titles of each piece are carefully framed with words that evoke “farewell” and “reverence,” resonating with The Tale of Genji and its theme of parting in “Kagiri tote wakaruru michi” (The Path of Separation).

The following is a poem composed by connecting the titles of these works:

“What was the last thing John Langdon Down saw—serene light or fleeting foam? Hope at an impasse, yet the saint marches on. No need for change—give it all. Demons out, fortune out. It is humans who begin, and humans who cannot end. Dreaming beneath cherry blossoms, borrowing and borrowing again. Until we meet once more. In a world unwanted, in a world beautiful. In silence, where nature, the divine, imitation, and sacrifice all reside.”

And next, I too will be discarded.What will I part with, and what will I be wrapped in?

This conceptual art project consists of 18 pieces.

使い捨てのマウスを容器で包んだ作品

日本においてマウスと容器は、生命を支える生活や医学に欠かせない存在でありながら、一度使用されると容易に捨てられてしまう現状がある

この状況に変化を促すため、視点によって見え方が変わる「レンチキュラー」の概念をコンセプトとし、各作品のタイトルには、源氏物語「限りとて別るる道」に通じる「別れ」や「尊さ」の言葉も包みこむように添えた

以下は、それらのタイトルを繋げた詩である

「ジョン・ラングドン・ダウンが、最後にみたものは寂光か、泡沫か。手詰まりの希望、聖者は行進をする。変化はいらない、ぜんぶよこせ。鬼も外、福も外。はじめるも人、おえられぬも人。桜花に夢寐、それに借着よ借着。またいつか会いましょう。望まない世界で、美しい世界で、静寂に包まれた自然も主も真似事も供犠も」

やがて私も使い捨てられ、何と別れ、何に包まれるのか

本作はコンセプチュアルアートとして、18点を発表

Category / Sculpture, Photography
Technique / Mixed Media
Photo / Yudai Nakaya
Release / 2024

Owner / Private Collection