kurosuzume
Photographer
Born in China
Hamtama archives performances and creates works in photography and video.
He is involved with IMA, a photography platform, and collaborates with artists, aiming to create works that transcend the framework of photography.
ARTIST message
I've never heard of the term "playing alone.
I didn't think that the term "playing alone" really existed in Japan.
In Mia's performance, playthings and devices invaded her living space to a great extent, but her playmates were not obvious. That's the question that came to mind.
The next question is about tools and devices. From my point of view, the tools are nothing but "tunnels". Going through the tunnel to enter the world of others was the original meaning.
However, in today's Japanese "smartphone is enough" life (of course, other societies have that problem too), tunnels are not necessary "exits".
Just visiting the countless tunnels takes enough energy.
As a result, we think we've played enough, but we haven't really played for a second.
Because there is no communication.