Kyoto Meetings

“Umwelt” is the “biological foundations that lie at the very center of the study of both communication and signification in the human [and non-human] animal”
“Environment” refers to what exists around and surrounds a subject, while “Umwelt” refers to the world that the subject constructs by giving meaning to its surroundings.
The world that humans can see is only a small part of the whole, and each living organism lives in its own species-specific Umwelt, following the laws of nature.
I realize it when I hear a bird’s song, find a dead insect, or come across a certain scene.
And I am drawn into that world.
The world that each living thing perceives is different. They construct their world, and there exist things that others cannot see or feel.
For example, ultraviolet light is invisible to humans but visible to butterflies. Mites cannot see or hear, but they have excellent senses of smell and temperature.
I am interested in the nests that living things create, their activities, and their life and death.
When building a nest, some living things instinctively choose the materials and construct a form based on their genetic information.
Sometimes something unnecessary for humans might be necessary for the survival of other species.
Every living thing lives in its own unique world. Where it is the center and which it constructs while giving it meaning.
I want to explore how the activity and life of living things have continued uninterrupted like a thread. I want to consider how I see, perceive, and recognize this world by tracing the origins of living things.
I transform the images of activities that I have partially extracted through drawings into ceramic sculptures, and as I reconstruct them, I infuse each one with a story.