Speaking Into the Air
Video / Animation / Poem / Music

〈Speaking Into the Air〉は、人と自然の対等なコミュニケーションを描いたビデオ作品です。
地球の誕生以来、この世界に存在し続けている空気は、言葉の通り私たち生命体の源です。同時に、生物たちの社会的活動＝コミュニケーションに欠かすことのできない光（視覚情報）や音（聴覚情報）を媒介する存在でもあります。
この作品では、人である「私」が「空気」に語りかけることを通じて、人類と自然、自己と他者、存在と不・存在の関係性を問い直します。言語は次第にピアノの音への移り変わり、詩は音楽へと変化します。人類史の流れに逆行するように、人間としての「私」の存在は次第に消えてゆき、そして自然の一部となります。自然に話しかける、という表層的には無意味な行為を通じて、逆説的に、現代社会における私という存在の曖昧さを問い直します。
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〈Speaking Into the Air〉 is a video work illustrating the communication between human and nature as equals.
The air, which has been present in the world ever since the birth of the Earth, is literally the source of our life. It is also a medium for light (visual information) and sound (auditory information), which are essential for the social activities = communication.
In this work, I reconsider the relationship between human and nature through my speaking to the air. The language invented by human gradually shifts to the sound of the piano, and poetry transforms into music in this video. As if going backwards into human history, the existence of myself as a human gradually disappears and I become a part of nature. Through the seemingly meaningless activity of speaking to nature, it paradoxically reveals the excessive rationality of modern society and the emotions it excludes.
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the air



you
connect me 
with the world

you
bring me
the words

you
are always
in between

you
are always
invisible

you
are always 
here

as you are


if
I were you

I
would echo
the feeble voice

I
would be part of
the gentle breeze

I
would walk through
the lonely sky



you
are here

I
am here

I speak to you

I sing with you

I see you