Kimura Kazuhei Piano Photo Album Signed Copy

Kazuhei Kimura

piano

piano
Rare self-published edition of 300 copies

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Since childhood, I've experienced symptoms where the size, shape, and colors of what I see constantly transform in my brain. My body has gotten used to it, so I don't usually think about the symptoms in daily life.

However, after starting photography and some time passed, I began to think that I might be unconsciously taking photos based on those symptoms. So, I researched the symptoms and found out they were called "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome." Thinking back to the feeling I had when I first saw Alice in Wonderland and Jan Švankmajer's Alice, I was quite convinced.

Last year, I created a work called "alice" from those brain images. "piano" is a development and reinterpretation of that.

In a word, I am a weak person. Both mentally and physically.

I've never been in a fight that escalated to a brawl, nor have I ever confessed to someone I liked. When I was in elementary school, I would watch the schoolyard from the nurse's office window, feeling like I was watching comedy in a language I didn't understand, and I chose a light pink Game Boy.

As a university student, whether it was finally or belatedly, I began to want to be strong.

This was reflected in the photography I started around that time, and there was a period when I took energetic, dynamic, and sharp photos, as well as cool and masculine photos. Maybe it was fun in its own way.

However, it didn't last long.

Somehow, I felt like I was deceiving myself and those around me.

I got a little tired of that, so I decided to explore what I had been through and take weak and gentle photos.

That's how "piano" was created. Surely, this is a bright story.

Kazuhei Kimura