秋葉原UDX winter illumination 2023

Work name:
Reflector∞:Resonance of Electrical Echoes

This work ``Reflector∞: Resonance of Electrical Echoes'' attempts to create a dialogue between the uniqueness of modern Japanese culture in Tokyo and Akihabara and traditional customs from ancient times. Yoichi Ochiai has been coming to Akihabara for about 25 years, and it's been 6 years since he started living there as a resident. Therefore, while watching the changes in Akihabara, I have been dreaming of how electronic parts will form a new folk art. The unique space of Akihabara is a place where digital and physical existence, tangible and intangible, subculture and mainstream culture intersect. Yoichi Ochiai's idea of mediation between nature without mass and nature with mass was also born from this city's background. "Reflector∞" uses electronic components as a medium to demonstrate that media art has taken on a new form of folk art. The ancient Japanese sense of mirrors, their mysticism and symbolism, have a deep connection to the realm where the physical and digital intersect, and are incorporated into my works. The mirrors are cleverly placed infinity mirrors to extend the viewer's visual experience. What its infinite reflections suggest is not just spatial expansion, but the possibility of expansion. This work also encourages us to reevaluate our urban experiences through the computer nature created through interaction between humans and artificial intelligence. The echoes and resonances that this work depicts will resonate with the meaning of ``mirror'' that is at the root of Japanese culture, and the unique ecosystem of the region will create a dream-like landscape of the city of Akihabara.