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drifting nimbus ｢透影｣. 2025. Inkjet print on washi, stretched on basswood. 12 x 18 x 3.8 cm (4.72 x 7.09 x 1.50 in).
drifting nimbus「透影」is a sculptural artist book that takes inspiration from the structure of a folding screen, extending across and cutting space, using film-shot images to weave its narrative. Combined with gossamer-thin washi, its translucency effuses fragility, emphasising the delicate qualities of its subject matter—cobwebs, dust, shafts of light; its porosity beckons light to pass through it, allowing images to layer one upon the other and collapse space. Through the book form, I imbue the images with structural and tactile qualities and invite audiences to engage with the work’s materiality across shifting light, time, and relational contexts. Unfolding across a set of thin, light wooden frames, each image operates as part of a lexis derived from nature, articulating my long-term inquiry into how time’s passing is felt and experienced—physically and spiritually—as well as nature’s minute gestures.
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