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Philosophical dive 2003

240cm×25cm×60cm / Cane, Iron
I've lived away from Japan for a long while, but when I looked at it from an objective point of view, I saw that
Japanese people work too much. The significance of using precious time wisely has been usurped by labor
productivity and efficiency, and there seems to be a domination of a slave-like mentality in which humans
have lost their dignity. This piece was born when karoshi (death from overwork) became acknowledged as
a societal problem. Rattan weaved into a coffin shape.

哲学的飛込み 2003
240cm×25cm×60cm / 籐、鉄
長く海外に暮らすことになったのだが、日本を客観視した時、日本人は働きすぎに見えた。時間を大切に使うことの意味が、
労働の生産効率や能率にすり替えられ、人間の尊厳を失った奴隷的メンタリティーが跋扈しているかに見えた。過労死が社会
問題として取り上げられてきた頃の作品。籐（とう）を棺桶の形に編んでいる。