Island II Print

To borrow words of Fritz Riemann, German psychologist, I receive an impression that anxiety has dual aspects, when observing “anxiety without anxiety”. Anxiety makes us active, and paralyzed in a sense. Anxiety is always a sign and a warning signal, but simultaneously has the character of a sort of suggestion, that is, the strength to overcome it. (Grundformen der Angst by Fritz Riemann.) As he says, anxiety has negative and positive aspects simultaneously. He claims that our effort to escape from a situation can be the possibility of oneself and the society we belong to. I try to show my cautiousness to survive in a disquieting reality and my effort to adapt myself to a surrounding environment through unfamiliar scenes and abstract things set intentionally. This is like a way to survive in a harsh environment as creatures learn how to disguise themselves for their survival. Diverse instable elements in life are like the role of fitting everyday fragments - trivial yet not to be taken lightly - into their right places. I endeavor to excavate and collect such images that remain like fossils between layers of time.