"Leaving the river after a rain, and becoming a forgotten puddle."
One’s life is a series of puddles after the rain ends, countless small puddles accumulate into a depression, like the only chair in a rented house, taking on many objects: computers and books stuck between clothes, shirts crumpled into a cabbage, half-drunk bottles of mineral water, the pain that remains after an overworked day sitting directly on top of clutter, all discarded with the withdrawal of the rent.
Her life is made up of countless catalogues of objects, she is a "momentary and transparent organism" (Nabokov). If a series of insignificant events can be recorded, her life can be honestly reproduced, and when the source document can be perceived through a copy of the rain, the long loneliness finally shines through the darkness, and the vague content behind the grand slogans can finally be painted into a more precise shape, thus proving the value and possibility of this retelling - that is my aim.
- Pages: 72 + 12 sheets Size: 180 × 250 mm hardcover white and black
Tokyo TDC Annual Awards 2023 Prize Nominee Works for Editorial / Book Design Category
