Exhibition
2017 SCARY STORY
Otani House, Tottori, Japan
Candy-Buying Ghost
2017
Candy, punching metal, fishing line, vinyl sheet, wood
W1800 D1800 H1800 mm
MELTY CANDY
2017
Candy (red, yellow), punching metal, fishing line
W900 D900 H2000 mm
This work is based on the ghost story “Amekai Yurei (Candy-buying ghost).” In the process of dripping down, liquid candy solidifies at room temperature, and remains in that shape.
The idea was to juxtapose a supernatural, ghostly kind of fear, and a rather real, nuclear fear, through works made from candy, and displayed in the same space.
Translated by Andreas Stuhlmann
怪談話の「飴買い幽霊」をベースにした作品。液体状の飴が滴り落ちる過程で常温で固形化し、その形態を保っている。
怪談的な恐怖(幽霊)と現実的な恐怖(核)をそれぞれ飴という素材を使って同じ空間に対比させた。