Tomoko Konoike seeks a strong change in awareness of art, which is a closed system of expression for human beings, and has attempted to return to the beginnings of art and reconsider human creation.Since prehistoric times, humans have hunted animals for food, dressed in skins, and made offerings to the gods. “The skins of animals that were torn apart by knives, tanned, and made odorless, very clean. It was something done for survival,” says Konoike.For Tomoko Konoike, creating art with skins is an expression of such primitive relationships, and at the same time, it can be said to be a reminder of human intervention and violence against nature.The two kites flying freely in the Galleria (Takamatsu→Echizen→Shizuoka→Roppongi BLACK KITE) and (Oshima BLACK KITE) remind us of the relationship between humans and animals/nature. These works are made using skins that were destined to be discarded as uncommercialized scraps under capitalism. It also conveys that nature exists beyond human activity and is not meant for commercialization.
Displayed in various locations, the kites, which have changed colors and shapes depending on the rain, wind and sunlight, will remind the viewer that nature changes over time.