HASUI, Motohiko - Yume Wo Miru / 発売のお知らせ

"This latest work by Motohiko HASUI, published as a tactile zine, refers to memories as dreams.
During a visit to Kanazawa on the west coast of Japan, HASUI realised that his memories of this place, of the time he will spend there, and even the shared moments with his wife, will soon fade and become fragmented.
In the future these moments of reality, that are crisp and fully formed at the time, will become patchy recollections, where holes in those memories will be filled with imaginations and presumptions. The memories will become more like dreams, where narrative is skewed and details are lost.

Using a compact digital camera, HASUI overexposed photographs of trees and his wife, Akane, with his flash. This technique of overexposing digital files means that detailed information is lost forever, and at times additional information is revealed through technical malfunction, such as pixel colouration and focus loss known as chromatic aberration.
The result is mysterious and dazzling. The images act as analogy for the dismantling of existing moments to dreamlike memories." (publisher's note)

金沢に妻と行った際にスケッチのように写した写真をZINEにしました。旅行先での思い出は儚く夢のようだという思いを込めてYume Wo Miruというタイトルをつけました。経験したことや見たことは実感としては心に残りますが、何年も経ってしまうと詳細な記憶は薄れていきます。写真は一見記録のようなものですが、もしも自分が撮ったことさえ忘れてしまったら、それは記録だと言えるのでしょうか。自分の心に残る思い出と脳裏に残る景色の曖昧さ、写真に対する疑念を綴りました。
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