The title based on Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki’s In Praise of Shadows, who speaks about the importance of shadows in Japanese architecture. He approaches the traditional Japanese home as a container of light and shadow.
“The quality that we call beauty, however, must always grow from the realities of life, and our ancestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently came to discover beauty …
“The quality that we call beauty, however, must always grow from the realities of life, and our ancestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently came to discover beauty in shadows, ultimately to guide shadows towards beauty’s ends.”
With this body of work we explore the fertility of the shadow, what is contained in our shadows, and the shadow as a place of dwelling …
