The current of the following river does not cease, and yet the water is not the same as before /ゆく河の流れは絶えずして、しかももとに水にあらず
2016  / 9 min Video, Plastic bottle, Water, etc. (Installation) H150×W200×D50cm

In this video, filmed at Shimogamo Shrine, a woman draw water and send it back to river repeatedly. It seems to be a repetition of same scene at glance, though it is composed of several different videos filming same action again and again. It represents several parallel worlds which have micro differences each.The title is quoted from the opening sentence of “Hojoki”. Written by Kamo no Chomei, the work depicts the Buddhist concept of impermanence (mujo) through the description of various disasters. The idea of this work was occured from the concept of “mujo” and the cosmic view, and developed by the principle of “Quantum Superposition” and “Multiverse Hypothesis”.

下鴨神社で撮影された映像は女性が神社の湧き水を汲み川へ還す行為が繰り返される、同じシーンの繰り返しに見えるこの映像は、同じ行為を繰り返し撮影した別素材から構成されており、微細な差異をもったいくつものパラレルワールドが映像の中に描かれている。神社に深く縁のある鴨長明「方丈記」の一節を作品タイトルとし、仏教的な無常感や宇宙的視点を起点にしながら、量子の重ね合わせ状態や多元宇宙論的な視点にも強く影響を受けた作品。