Yushi Yashima

This work is one where, after covering the objects around me with cloth, I harden the cloth with resin, preserving and drawing out the shape of the covered objects. Semi-transparent cloth with nothing under them makes the viewer aware of that cloth’s interior. By manipulating (covering) the surface of the “object” that will become the motif with cloth, I erase the information of that motif. The viewer will create an image of the interior of the cloth by looking at the remaining fragmented outline. That is very close to the action and sensation of mundanely looking at things or “gazing at something as if you were passing an outline with an ambiguous meaning.”

　自分の身の回りにある物を布で覆い隠し、その隠された物の形を保った布だけを樹脂により硬化させて抜き取った作品。中身の無い半透明な布は、モチーフとなる〈物〉の表面を隠すことで、そのモチーフの情報を消失させる。鑑賞者は、断片的に残る輪郭からその布の中身となる何もない内側のイメージを作り出す。それは、人が日常的にものを見るような、表面的な曖昧な意味の輪郭に触れる行為だと言える。