Every city has at its side another city whose inhabitants are called by the same name.
The double city has at its side another city comprising the city of the unborn. The more the city of the living becomes crowded and expanded, the more the expanse of tombs increases beyond the walls.
On fine afternoons the living population pays a visit to the dead and they decipher their own names on their stone slabs; like the city of the living, this other city has a history of toil, anger, illusions, emotions.
I think, “ perhaps, the beyond is not happy ”.
This is a door that we can enter only once, when we die.
Bibliography; “ Invisible Cities” Italo Calvino
A Harcourt, Inc. 1974
1.The Last Door
1993
wood, testtube, water, greens
195×385×12cm
Installation at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
MORIS Gallery, Tokyo
2.The History of the Plunder
1991
wood, bricks
178×507×12cm
Installation at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
The Gallery Kobayashi, Tokyo
2.The Laboratory
1992
wood, test tube, water
160×400×7cm
Installation at the Sumida Riverside Hall, Tokyo
Curated by Toshiaki HATA
2.Three Doors
1987
wood, plaster, paints
200×580×15cm
Installation at the Gallery NATSUKA, Tokyo