Photo by Yukiko Koshima
People say that I am close to my younger brother.
I am not sure myself, but I would believe what people say.
Of course, we haven’t been like that since we were little.
When I was in elementary school, we often fought.
Our relationships changed a lot when we grew up.
I think a lot of things,
like our position and our nature switched.
For example, he became outgoing,
while I became introverted.
He became violent, while I became quiet.
I heard the front door open.
I thought my mother came back home early from work,
but the next moment I heard a loud crash
of a glass break in the entrance.
Following the crash, I heard something being destroyed,
my body froze with fear.
I stood up slowly during the silence between the breaking sounds.
Stomping and shouting "What you doing!", I went to the entrance.
It was my brother.
In agitation, a metal bat in his hand he was standing
in the middle of the broken mirror pieces.
I felt a little relieved, but he was shouting "Where’s that bitch!",
so I tried to calm him down by telling him mom wasn’t home.
I don't know what happened during
when it was only her and my brother.
He isn’t there,
but there are vivid traces of him.
I am not sure myself, but I would believe what people say.
Of course, we haven’t been like that since we were little.
When I was in elementary school, we often fought.
Our relationships changed a lot when we grew up.
I think a lot of things,
like our position and our nature switched.
For example, he became outgoing,
while I became introverted.
He became violent, while I became quiet.
I heard the front door open.
I thought my mother came back home early from work,
but the next moment I heard a loud crash
of a glass break in the entrance.
Following the crash, I heard something being destroyed,
my body froze with fear.
I stood up slowly during the silence between the breaking sounds.
Stomping and shouting "What you doing!", I went to the entrance.
It was my brother.
In agitation, a metal bat in his hand he was standing
in the middle of the broken mirror pieces.
I felt a little relieved, but he was shouting "Where’s that bitch!",
so I tried to calm him down by telling him mom wasn’t home.
I don't know what happened during
when it was only her and my brother.
He isn’t there,
but there are vivid traces of him.
The things his brother was seeing
Two-channel video installation（video 14'48")
2018
Two-channel video installation（video 14'48")
2018
Based on a true story about a boy who stays in mental hospital, and his supporting elder brother.
In a room of a condominium in Ome, the suburbs of Tokyo. The story calmly tells of the brothers past fights and how their relationship changed over the years. At the same time, who seems to be the elder brother draws on his body, one by one, the holes of the broken wall his brother had made, as if he is making sure what happened in this room, the time they spent together, and his absence.
In a room of a condominium in Ome, the suburbs of Tokyo. The story calmly tells of the brothers past fights and how their relationship changed over the years. At the same time, who seems to be the elder brother draws on his body, one by one, the holes of the broken wall his brother had made, as if he is making sure what happened in this room, the time they spent together, and his absence.
僕と弟は、仲が良いと言われる。
自分ではよくわからないが、周りの
人が言うのだからそうなのだろう。
もちろん、小さい頃からそうだったのではない。
僕が小学生のときは、弟と頻繁に喧嘩をしていた。
自分ではよくわからないが、周りの
人が言うのだからそうなのだろう。
もちろん、小さい頃からそうだったのではない。
僕が小学生のときは、弟と頻繁に喧嘩をしていた。
大人になると兄弟の関係は大きく変わった。
子供時代とは立場や性質が
入れ替わったような部分も多いと思う。
例えば、弟は外向的になり、僕は内向的になった。
弟は暴力的になり、僕は静かになった。
玄関の開く音がした。
母が仕事を早退して帰ってきたのかと思うと、
間をおかずに玄関でガラスの割れる大きな音がした。
続いて何かを壊す音がして、
僕は一瞬恐怖で体がこわばった。
僕は破壊音の合間を縫うようにゆっくり起き上がり、
「何やってるんだ」と怒鳴りながら、
足を踏み鳴らしながら、玄関に駆け寄った。
弟だった。
興奮した顔で、金属バットを持った弟が
鏡のガラス片の中に立っていた。
僕は少し安心して、「ババアはどこだ」と怒鳴る
弟をとにかく、母は今いないからとなだめた。
興奮した顔で、金属バットを持った弟が
鏡のガラス片の中に立っていた。
僕は少し安心して、「ババアはどこだ」と怒鳴る
弟をとにかく、母は今いないからとなだめた。
母と弟しかいない時間に何が
あったのかは、わからない。
弟が残したと思われる痕跡だけが
生々しく残っている。
弟の見ていたもの
Two-channel video installation（video 14'48")
2018
2018
精神病棟にいる弟と、それを支える兄についての実話を元にした作品。
東京郊外、青梅のとあるマンションの一室。画面では、過去の兄弟の力の振るい合い、彼らの関係の変化が淡々と語られていく。同時に兄と思わしき人物は、弟の空けた壁の穴を一つずつ身体に描いていく。かつてこの部屋で行われた出来事、弟と過ごした日々、彼の不在を一つ一つ確かめるように。
東京郊外、青梅のとあるマンションの一室。画面では、過去の兄弟の力の振るい合い、彼らの関係の変化が淡々と語られていく。同時に兄と思わしき人物は、弟の空けた壁の穴を一つずつ身体に描いていく。かつてこの部屋で行われた出来事、弟と過ごした日々、彼の不在を一つ一つ確かめるように。