「Rising Talent Awards Japan 2022」出品作品

紙が動く。まるで意志があるかのように。金属の性質を帯びると、それまで静かに佇んでいた紙が、磁気を感じとり、ゆっくりと動きはじめます。そこには紙らしからぬ能動性と、紙ならではの精緻で微細な振る舞いがあります。人に使われるのを待つのではなく、自ら立ち上がる紙。それは紙が一人称になる、ということかもしれません。日本語で「動く紙」と「動詞」の二重の意味をもつ「Doshi（動紙）」は、動くという新たな機能を携えて、あるかもしれない役割を担っていくはずです。踊りを踊るかもしれない。音楽を奏でるかもしれない。ひょっとしたら、空を飛ぶかもしれない。まだ紙が足を踏み入れたことのない領域に向かって、「Doshi」は動きだします。

Exhibited at the Rising Talent Awards Japan 2022.

The paper moves, as if by its own will.Taking on the properties of metal, the paper sitting silently, attracts magnetic force, and slowly begins to move. It moves actively, which is unbefitting of paper, while maintaining the elaborate and detailed character unique to paper. Instead of waiting to be used by humans, the paper stands up on its own. It may be said that the paper gains identity described in the first person. Doshi, given the dual meaning of "moving paper" and "verb" in Japanese, may play a new role with its potentials, by adding the new feature of moving. It might dance, play music, maybe even fly. "Doshi" is starting to advance to a domain where paper has yet to set foot.