Panel five - Selected by Kotomi HANAWA

When we look at this work, we first think about how it was made in relation to the theme of "connections". This is because it is not easy to find motifs that remind us of a connection in the complicated picture plane with light shining through.

However, the intention of this work can be read by carefully unraveling the meaning of the motifs. The first thing you will notice when you see this work are the flying pigeons and the large picture frame. This large frame can be regarded as a frame that connects the inside and the outside because it is unadorned. Next it can be seen that pigeons are depicted flying from out from the inside.

The next most impressive thing is the light that comes in visually as various colors. Contrary to the pigeons, this light seems to be entering from the outside and illuminates the inside. This light and the flying pigeons are the connections of this work.

The concept of inside and outside, which was created starting from a large frame, is mixed by the exchange of motifs associated with movement. This mixing expresses the connection between the inside and the outside, which I believe is the intention of the artist.

Expressed in black and white, this artwork is composed of several motifs in line with the theme of "connections".

Let's look at the interpretation of the motifs scattered in the artwork. First, about the vehicles. Trains and planes are used to carry people and things and connect places to places. People connected by a dotted line are on the phone. Radio waves emitted from mobile phones short-en the distance between them, connecting voices and feelings. And if you look at the upper right of the artwork, you can also see the connection of constellations. A constellation is a connection between stars, and also an objective connection between spaces that should be far away.

These "connections" that can be read in the artwork are very simple and clear. However, many people may take some time to interpret them when viewing the work, be-cause the well-thought-out composition makes this artwork complex and interesting.

The artist says he was inspired by M.C. Escher, and added a sense of strangeness to the work us-ing the distortion and inversion of space. I think that the trains that continue to circulate be-yond the distorted space and the radio waves that connect even in the inverted world ex-press free connection without any gaps.