Sometimes I want to stop everything and disappear without telling anyone. I just want to escape from my own life. I wonder what the world would be like without me. What would the world be like without you? This is where this project has started.
My work is born out of every life in the world we live in. The real world that you and I are part of; the mind-numbing, depressing, bleak, cruel, beautiful real world. Through this series "Gone," I wanted to explore how much the absence of an individual can impact on his/her loved ones and environment, but how little on the fast-paced world and consumerism.
As a side note, in Japan, where I was born and raised, a pair of shoes left behind can be a sign that the owner of the shoes has attempted or committed suicide.
