As you look into the hand mirror, and tilt it to adjust the angle, rainbow-coloured light is scattered like jewels across your face, neck and chest in the mirror. This is a tool to play with the light on yourself and to be affectionate toward yourself in the hand mirror, which is a secret space where only you exist and no one else can step in between.

Unlike photographs or mobile phone screens, mirrors allow us to perceive a three-dimensional space with depth in the mirror. Unlike photographs or mobile phone screens, in mirrors we perceive a three-dimensional space with depth. In the space in the mirror, which is difficult to distinguish from real space, we see images that move the same way as we do as we gaze into the mirror. It can be said that no matter how accurate a video or photograph is, it becomes a thing of the past the moment it is taken, whereas you can 'encounter' your present self only in the mirror.

And rainbow light is an optical phenomenon that appears only under certain conditions, such as a rainbow in the sky after rain, or seven-coloured light passing through crystal glass and scattering around a room. Historically, people have no doubt felt the mystique and miraculous beauty of rainbows.

Casting this rainbow-coloured light onto the body causes the sensation of wearing it as an ornament, owning its beauty and sublimity in your memory. Moreover, you will feel yourself in the mirror as a dear friend, seeing yourself in the mirror playing with the light in an engrossed way.

Project year: 2022

Materials: mirror, cherry wood, leather, linen

Collaborators: Nils und Jan Wüstenberg GbR Glaserei und Glasschleiferei, EigenArtWerkstatt für Möbel und Innenausbau GmbH, Daiki Yokota, Osamu Arai

Special thanks to: Asako Shiroki, Yoshito Maeoka

Photographs and Videos
Art directionor: Hirofumi Abe
Photographer: Hirofumi Abe
Hair & make up stylist: Sayuri Sakairi
Model: Moko Sato

Presented:
in the solo exhibition “Reflection“
07 - 23 October 2022
at gallery deux poissons, Tokyo Japan