MASUMI KATAOKA

OUT OF LONGING


I am using cicadas and snails symbolically to reference the complexities of rebirth and the cycle of life.
Further, I want to combine the two creatures, similar to the creation of mythological chimeric creatures such as Kirin—into a form of manmade objects such as rockets or airplanes that fly—I want the snail to emerge in flight through the transformation. I am interested in the human imagination which creates creatures that do not exist, as metaphor for longing or desiring for something that we are incapable of or do not have.

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