The Book of Black & White - PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN - Japanese The Book of Black & White - PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN - Japanese

白黒の本 - 脳のなかの幽霊 -


The Book of Black & White - PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN - English The Book of Black & White - PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN - English

The Book of Black & White - PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN -


この作品は『PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN』という本を元にしています。『PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN』は切断した体の部位の感覚が残っているといった幻肢等の奇妙な症例を元に研究をしている脳神経学医のRamachandranの本です。この本は私自身が感覚としての視覚と意識について考えさせられ、影響を受けた本です。
『The Book of Black & White - PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN -』は『PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN』と形、大きさ、ページ数などをほぼ同じようにし、文章を黒のラインに置き換え、見立てて制作しています。そして、この本を読んでいる際の私の手と本を1ページずつ写真を撮り、手の形を抜き取り、作品としての本のラインに投影するようにして制作しています。

This piece is based on a book called “PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN” by Dr.Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran. Ramachandran is a neuroscientist who researches peculiar conditions such as phantom limbs, where one has the sensation that an amputated body part is still attached to the body. This book made me think about my own vision and consciousness as sensation, and has been influential to me.
I made “The Book of Black & White - PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN -” to resemble the book “PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN”. I made it roughly equivalent to Brain in shape, size and number of pages, but I changed the text to black lines. I then photographed my hand on the book as I read each page, cut out the shape of my hand, and superimposed the shadow of my hand on the black lines of the art-book.


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