​RUNA KOSOGAWA

I attempted to visualize the changes in my surroundings and the new perspectives that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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"Weaving Life" , began with the idea of leaving a record of my own life (traces of breath) after I became ill in 2014, and after a short hiatus, I resumed production in 2021, triggered by the pandemic. At the same time, while my daily life was being restricted, I was moved by the unchanging scenes of nature and began taking photographs of the landscapes around my home.

Through the accumulation of these actions, I felt myself being kept alive by the land, and completed “Weaving Life – April 2021,” consisting of a glass ball with my breath breathed into it and landscape photographs.
The glass balls are inscribed with the date of the day they were blown, and the numbers on the canvas are the coordinates of the location where the photos were taken.

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コロナ禍において、私たちは立ち止まり各々の在り方を見つめる機会を得ました。

「いつ失うかわからない命」であることと同時に「不変であることの尊さ」も再認識させられたのではと思います。

《息を織る2021》は「ここで生き、ここに支えられている自身の記録」として制作しました。

日記のように毎日ガラスの球を吹くことで可視化された自身の生のかたち（息の痕跡）と、いつも目にしている身近な風景を撮影することで植物や小さな生き物たちの営み（息）を記録した写真で構成。

ガラスの球には息を吹き込んだ日付を彫刻。数字は撮影場所の座標、日付順にレイヤーされた写真は日々の積み重ねを表しています。