Finalist

Takumi’s work was inspired by contradictory ideas within himself, between his desire to pursue creation for himself and the frustration of wondering what art could mean. This is Takumi piece that he gave colour, shape, and meaning too. He drew the design inspired by a poem he wrote based on his own experiences

A walrus drowning in greed devoured even its own flesh. A person in power who sits cross-legged would turn into a bronze statue. White rabbit successfully escaped from a jail but still handcuffs remain. A messenger who believes in freedom is a marionette in the Looking-Glass. Your eyes, afraid of shame and mistakes, are reflected in the mirror.

Go around, the front is anyway where your eyes see. To express broken mirror, Takumi cut a real mirror into small pieces and sewed them together with silver beads. The face of the actual person who sees this work would be reflected in the mirror. He made the picture frame with copper plates to express the atmosphere of submarine. The traveler is imagining to be on the outside viewing through the window of a submarine and remembering the vision of his dream.