Elephant Painting

Iomteiot is the reverse of the French word toi et moi, you and me. ​ “In the beginning, they were there and we still have a lot of unanswered questions. Through the door of time and space, they started a journey for a new experience that they did not know at the time in modern times. Wouldn't this trip allow us to understand a little bit about them?" ​ This work is a story about us and a work to understand us. In the beginning, the universe started and we started through many things, but we don't know about them. It is said that Atlantis, Egypt, and Maya had advanced technology that even modern people could not understand. Born in the digital age, they do not understand the technology that goes into folder phones, CDs, cassette tapes, analog cameras, etc. For those who have only experienced digital, analog feels like a new civilization. Just as we are amazed at the old technology. In other words, we in the past may not understand us in the present. ​ What was new in the past becomes obsolete in the present. However, to a generation that does not know the past, what is called old-fashioned is another novelty and a surprise, but to the people of that era, it is not a surprise but a matter of course. This is the crux of this work. This work began with this very obvious idea. ​ This work, which began with the desire to understand a little more about us by continuously projecting apes into the modern world, is an endless question and answers to why we exist, why we love, why we are together, and why we lead a life.