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Cold heat, water flame

    Photo: Yasuhiro Chida

    Photographer’s Gallery/ Shinjuku, Tokyo
    2004
    Water, Stroboscope, Waterpump
    W:4m D:9m H:2.5m

    The gallery is filled with water in order to make artificial rain and fog. The stroboscopic afterglow effect makes it appear as if particles of light are floating throughout the entire gallery. In the center is a path that  disappears into the water, allowing visitors to experience walking through these floating light particles. Thanks to the lighting, the fog takes on a more material appearance, rendering the border between phenomenon and material, and light and darkness, more ambiguous. <D.W>

    ギャラリー内に水をはり、人工の雨、霧、を作る。ストロボライトの残像効果により、会場内全体に光の粒が浮遊して見られる。中央には水の中に消えていくように道が設置され、鑑賞者は宙に浮く光の粒の中を歩く体験をする。霧は照明により物質化され、現象と物質、光と闇の境界を曖昧にする。