FOR AN OBSERVATION

For an observation takes astronomical instruments as its motif. In the past, people used the movement of celestial bodies to measure time and determine their location. Astronomical instruments can therefore be seen as tools for understanding one’s own “when” and “where” through the celestial bodies above.
The work uses silver leaf and the cyanotype process. These materials gradually change in appearance when exposed to air and light. Some areas become bluer, while others lose their color or turn yellow. The image in the work also changes over time.
By observing these gradual changes, as if following the movement of celestial bodies, the work explores how a sense of one’s own time and place might emerge.