Two Holes

1998 / Exhibition Space (Tokyo)
Animal hair (horse, goat, camel), Fleece, Cotton yarn
120cm × 140cm × 6cm

The epidermis starts from the surface of the body and continues into the body through the orifice. Inside the body, it is no longer epidermis, but endodermis, or skin that covers both the outside and the inside of a body. When the inside and the outside of the skin are no longer distinguishable, we are unable to establish the idea that life is contained and covered by epidermis. Then, life is contained in a tube-shaped body like a tunnel that lies between two holes.

二つの穴─開かれた皮膚

身体の表側から開口部を伝わり、身体の内側へと続く表皮は、既に表皮とは言えず、内皮もしくは、外部から内部へと続く皮膚と言える。皮膚の内部と外部という区分けが無くなるこの時点において、生命は、身体の外皮により包まれているという考えは成立しなくなり、穴と穴を繋ぐトンネルのような筒状の身体に生命はあると言える。