Swaying | YURAGI

Fluctuation | YURAGI

Edge-Flow: Rebirth and Transformation

Re-perceiving those gradually dissolving contours—the boundaries are quietly beginning to loosen.

Self and other, emotion and information, internal and external—everything intertwines and blurs, ultimately generating an entirely new, indescribable landscape. Through the "face"—this motif that is at once the most familiar and the most mysterious—I explore the "edges" of existence in flux. It is a conversation with another self that, even as its form gradually dissipates, continues to emerge.

In recent years, my practice has entered a realm where "Edge" (the concrete form of the face) and "Flow" (dynamic and abstract fluidity) merge. In contemporary society, aesthetic standards and values are diversifying at an accelerating pace. Once-clear boundaries—balance and imbalance, consciousness and unconsciousness, human and AI—are now blending, constantly updating into new forms. Through social media, the individual self is gradually dissolving into the other. AI is no longer merely a reflection in a mirror, but a "real existence" that permeates our lives and our creativity. Even the boundary between the artificial and the non-artificial exists within an ambiguous, gray gradient.

For as long as I can remember, I have been deeply drawn to the motif of the "face." The face is both a "sensory portal" for receiving external information and an "expressive organ" for projecting internal thoughts. In the modern era, the face is no longer just a presentation of appearance, but a symbol of complex communication and the final fortress for defining the self. As the boundaries between "self" and "other," "internal" and "external" gradually dissolve, we still struggle to maintain the "contours" that constitute the self.

I believe that the reality of our contemporary era exists within these "fluid boundaries" and "fading contours." I attempt to capture the multi-layered perceptions that arise at the moment when form disintegrates and begins to flow—which is precisely the state of the ever-changing "edge." Through the window of the "face," I will continue to depict the landscape of "rebirth" contained within this chaotic era.

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