The Memory of Utopiaまほろばの記憶 ～The Memory of Utopia～

The blue mountains of Nagano I saw as a child, the hills of Hokkaido I visited on holiday, the red sunset from my parents’ house. These are precious landscapes that live in my memory.

The other day I saw a TV program. It said that if we continue living the way we are, soon we won’t be able to halt the destruction of the environment, and food shortages and many other problems will make it impossible to live on the Earth. It came as a shock to me to realise that one day I may never again be able to see these landscapes that have been familiar to me since childhood.

Since the main theme of my work is “vessels”, for this project I decided to focus on “food” and to plan an exhibition of my own work. Food is closely linked to vessels and one of the closest SDGs to our daily lives. I will produce vessels from recycled glass and share meals based on EAT’s “Can we feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries?” I plan to donate 10% of the proceeds of the exhibition to the UN WFP’s food aid.

I hope that this exhibition will encourage people to take an interest in the SDGs through food, and to take action in their daily lives. I also hope that the work and space I create based on the motifs of the natural landscape and remembered light will stir people’s imaginations and that I am able to create an exhibition space where people find mental release, however briefly.