Kahori Maki × Shiho Minami~Sense of Wonder~

Exhibition Artwork Monochrome Silhouette 2018

Kahori Maki x Shiho Minami clinic, Tokyo ~ Sense of Wonder ~

10/10 - 10/31 2018

A Sense of wonder

One day, Ant Fourmi suddenly grew too big.
No, it might be that everyone else became smaller.

Anyhow, the situation had taken a drastic turn.
It might have been smallish to begin with, but Fourmi was sure that he was now touching the ceiling of his favoured one-room-a room that comes with a garden.

Fourmi took a bite of his beloved food kiwi.
The situation only got worse.
Instead of the familiar scene where seeds were lined up in an elliptical shape around the core, fan shaped seed grains
now sat densely centered around the root, with some even spilling out.
When turned upside down, the seeds trembled, as if drawing a musical score.
Among the countless seed grains, there were a few obviously assertive ones, and they were making a rhythmic melody.

Sense of wonder
Sense of wonder
Don't easily believe in your eyes or your mouth or your ears or your nose
Your hands and feet and fingers and head and heart are only just there
Your feelings are, right now, controlling all sensations

After the music played for a while,
The seed grains pretending to be musical notes began preparing to go on a trip
It is the cycle of life.
If you magnify and look into the magnificent occurrences of life, you will find the everyday life before you.

When the seeds jumped out in all directions,
Ant Fourmi felt that that in itself had a different tone.
Informing you of the end of summer,
Jumping into the beginning of fall…

After the resonance dispersed,
All of the seed grains carefully slipped through between the garden pepper tree and raccoon figurine and disappeared.

Fourmi was suddenly struck with the heaviness of his head.
When he looked at his feet,
he saw one seed that for some reason did not set out,
and a red line that wasn't there until just then connecting into the inner room.
Wanting to place the seed on his forehead, Fourmi turned his body around.

Sense of wonder
Sense of wonder
Don't easily believe in your hands or your mouth or your ears or your fingers
That is because the world is like a puzzle, pieced together with small, small pieces
In fact, combining freely,
The you right now will always be a scenery.

Ant Fourmi decided to follow the red line with the seed still on his head.
On the opposite wall was a window 6 inches in size,
and the red line continued into that monitor.

Sense of wonder
Sense of wonder
We are all on an endless journey.
How long is endless?
Endless not in terms of distance.
Endless not in terms of time.

Before the seed grains depart they opened up their bodies.
While looking up at the new sprouts, the seed grains melted slowly away in the depths of the earth.

How long is endless?
Surely it is bright and white
And probably very light.

Sense of Wonder

アリンコフォルミーは、ある日突然大きくなりすぎていた
いや、みんなが小さくなったのかもしれない

状況が一変した
小ぶりではあるけれど庭付きのお気に入りのワンルームの天井に触覚があたっている

大好物のキウイをかじった
状況は悪化していた
芯を中心に楕円形にタネ粒が並ぶ見馴れたあの風景ではなく
根元を中心に扇状にタネ粒が密集していて、いくつかはこぼれ始めている
逆さにするとタネ粒は震え、楽譜を描いているようだった
無数のタネ粒の中には明らかに自分を主張する輩がいて、それが小気味よい旋律をつくっている

センスオブワンダー
センスオブワンダー
目も口も耳も鼻も
安易に信じちゃいけないよ
手も足も指も首も心臓も
そこにあるだけ
君の気分が、今
ぜんぶの感覚をにぎってる

しばらく奏でられた音楽の後
音符のふりをしていたタネ粒は、旅に出る支度を始めた
生命の循環だ
命の壮大な巡り
ありふれたデイリーライフ

タネ粒がそれぞれの方向に飛び出したとき
アリンコフォルミーはさっきとは違った音色を感じた
夏の終わりを知らせるような
秋の初めに飛び込むような

しばらくの余韻の後
全タネ粒は庭の山椒の木や狸の置物の間を丁寧にすり抜け姿を消した

フォルミーは急に自分の頭の重さを感じた
足元に目をやると、出発しなかった1タネ粒と
さっきまでなかったはずの赤いラインが部屋の奥に続いていることに気づいた
フォルミーは1タネ粒をひたいに乗せ、やっとの思いで体の向きを変えた

センスオブワンダー
センスオブワンダー
手も口も耳も鼻も指先も
安易に信じちゃいけないよ
なぜなら世界はパズルのように小さな小さなピースで繋がっていて
実のところ組みかえ自由
いつだって今の君が風景なんだ

アリンコ フォルミーは
1タネ粒と一緒に赤いラインをたどってみることにした
一番向こうの壁には6インチの窓が見える
赤いラインはその中にも続いていた

センスオブワンダー
センスオブワンダー
僕らは果てしない旅にでる
果てしないって、どのくらい?
距離のことじゃない
時間のことでもない

タネ粒は出発前にその身をひらいた
新芽を仰ぎ見ながらタネ粒は、地中深く溶けてゆく

果てしないって、どのくらい?
きっと白くてまぶしくて
たぶんとっても軽いこと