Materials: acrylic paint, map of Tokyo (around Kanda Station on Yamanote Line), plastic pieces of beach, brass foil, styrene board, comic manuscript paper, canvas ▷TOKYO MONSTER_GoTo Paradise, Concept: (continued from series description) Looking back on history, people have overcome the rough times by praying and hoping for relief. There is a background of people overcoming the stormy seas of time by praying and wishing for salvation. Environmental changes, wars, pandemics, economic downturns, and today's world is also in the midst of unstable conditions. Therefore, I added elements that suggest a future of salvation by citing Buddhist decorations that evoke the image of a Buddha in a fighting rage phase and the Pure Land philosophy, and frame-by-frame expressions that show the passage of time like an emaki (picture scroll) or manga (comic book). What human beings need to overcome the turning point of time is the light of hope, unchanged in the past and the present. ▷Concept of this work The work depicts an Ark from this world to a future of salvation in which the Housoge (flowers blooming in paradise) will be in full bloom. In order to express the connection of life across time, the frame layout of a comic book is quoted to show the passage of time. In addition, bold intervention of text, such as annotations and signs, can be seen in two-dimensional works of Japanese art, especially in ukiyo-e prints. As a continuation of this trend, the artist placed the letters in the center of the screen overlaid with an image of a neon district. The "cerebrum" is depicted in order to ask the question, "Is the ship's course dependent on the person? *The screen is coated with a protective burnish and a string for wall hanging is attached to the back of the screen. *A co-patterned seal (simple certificate) is attached.
