Tokyo Accident
Video Installation
"Have you ever heard of an urban legend/tale? Between Night and Dawn, if you get on the first Yamanote Line from Shibuya and don't get off, the sun will never rise and the time keeps swinging between dark and dawn." She asks.
"Shall we try?" I reply.
So we stay around and around on the Yamanote line, and then...
Tokyo Accident (2023-) is a multi-media work that includes videos, sounds, projections, and sculptures. The idea originates from a trip to Tokyo in the spring of 2023. During a 12-hour urban wandering, I had some fantastic and joyful experiences. Upon returning to New York, I found myself immersed in those moments so deep, leading me to think about various relationships and mutual influences between people and cities, and how a nomadic outsider can establish connections with a place and its people, and how they come to understand themselves. Simultaneously, I was deeply fascinated by the urban legends, and Japan is a country rich with such tales. This led me to question whether my experience was in fact an urban legend I had lived through. I now wish to share this story...
