MOVIE: "LIFE"

"LIFE" 2020

The world consists of various people who are living their own lives.

All the characters are the same: "LIFE" written on various kinds of paper from around the world.


"LIFE" WAS BORN 2020

This is the Japanese character: "生/LIFE". The running of ink is a natural phenomenon. It is unpredictable, and beyond the control of human hands. I accept this in a positive way, and complete my works together with the power of nature. I think what we have to consider now is not "How we control nature for ourselves", but "How we control our life for nature".

そっと筆を置くと、インク/墨はゆっくりと紙の上を走り始める。これはいわば自然現象であり制御出来ない。しかし思い通りにいかないからといって排除はしない。敢えてこれを受け入れることで、作品は自然の力とともに生まれる。東洋の「自然」という言葉は人を含めた万物全体を示す。人も自然の一部。いま考えるべきことは、「いかに自分たちのために自然をコントロールするか」ではなく、「いかに自然のために自分たちをコントロールするか」ではないか。


"LIFE/生" 2018

From the 86 minute documentary feature film: 'Traces of the Soul'
05' 20" Director: Martin Cooper

'Traces of the Soul'
Winner: 'Best Contemporary Art Documentary' Master of Art Film Festival 2019


"LIFE/生" 2016 (English)

03' 03"
Director: UCHUJIN / Adrian Storey


"LIFE/生" 2016 (Japanese)

03' 03"
制作: UCHUJIN / Adrian Storey