About

Whenever I try to create a form out of another one through mirroring, rotation or flipping, the symmetry always strikes me as an enigma. Why is our world filled with symmetry? Why do we perceive symmetry as beautiful? Is it something we are born with?

Takahiro Kurashima was born in 1970, graduated from Musashino Art University in 1992, currently lives in Tokyo. Kurashima is fascinated by the invisible/unintended forms and created works that open new perspectives. He has published a four-volume collection of poems, "Poemotion" with Lars Müller Publishers in Switzerland, and has …