2024
digital print, magnet, d-bond, fabric, wood
Dimensions variable
This project began with my grandfather's self-made exercise device. He created his own device to cure his illness and claimed that it helped him overcome his sickness. However, there was no scientific evidence to support his claims.
But we want to find something that is stable just by its existence. I saw his device as a belief in intense healing, and as a material product of the greatest effort one could make to live a healthy life. Accordingly, I am in the process of creating various organization and giving them meaning.
Clapping Glove is one of my Nonsense Exercise Equipment series.
Audience can try out and perform clapping exercises. Follow the instructions on the poster and feel the magnet equipment inside the gloves.
If you wear gloves and clap alone, you can feel the force of the gloves pushing each other away. However, if you clap with a partner, you will feel a strong attraction.
2023
fabric, pipe, lenses, foam, wood
45x41x170cm
EYE-BALL offers viewers awkward perspectives by employing a structure designed to capture motion through object distortion. It enables individuals to experience the expansion and contraction of their vision through the utilization of a concave lens, convex lens, and mirror.
Due to the presence of these distinct two lenses, the images observed through them appear different and vary in size based on their positioning.
Similar to adjusting the lens of a camera to achieve focus, this object is able to make a variable focus, whether it is on a distant object or a nearby one. Consequently, each person possesses a distinct focal point, resulting in different viewing positions.
2023
fake fur, sponge, motor, acrylic glass, mirror film, camera, Monitor
(Robot size 20x38x18cm)
Variable Installation
The audience is invited to interact with a small, wheeled robot to search for a tiny onigiri hidden in the corner of the space. As the robot approaches, a sensor triggers the onigiri to spin.
The robot is equipped with a camera that streams live footage to a monitor. The visual feed is deliberately misaligned with the robot’s steering direction, causing its movements to feel disjointed. This disconnection creates a sense of cognitive dissonance as the audience navigates the robot through the space.
2022
fabric, silicone, wood
24x28x18 cm
Humans have been using masks as a means of protecting the respiratory tract from external stimuli, and recently they have been used as devices to avoid viruses. Existing masks are used for one purpose of covering something. However, the blue mask can be opened and closed, allowing for selective customization of sensory experiences.
In other words, I regard the blue mask as a new skin, and it was designed to accept and reject various stimuli by overlaying it on the skin.
The mask is a wearable object, has holes and covers for all sensory organs such as the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. When all the covers are closed, the wearer experiences a sense of darkness and can only perceive the gentle touch of the soft material against their skin.
2022
Risograph on Paper
14.5 x 21 cm
The tutorial book was made, providing guidance on mask usage, allowing the audience to select the specific senses they need to explore.
(Alles in Butter)
2020
paper, filter, butter, balsa wood, Polypropylene plate, clips, carton,
18.5x2.5x10.3cm
During the Covid-19 outbreak, there was a lot of fake news floating around, confusing what was real and what wasn't, and it was hard to know which reality to accept. We need something to lean on, whether it's true or false. ButterKit was created during corona time in Germany when we couldn't leave the house. False advertisements are spread for the many people who miss each other inside their rooms.