photo　H. Sasayama

VANISHING

I express relation in all things in nature with SOJO・SOKOKU from the old days． One SOJO is MOKUSHOKA（ Fire is born from Wood ）・KASHODO（ Land is born from Fire ）・DOSHOKIN（ Metal is born from Fire ）・KINSHOSUl（Water is born from Metal ）・SUISHOMOKU（ Wood is born from Water ）．SOKOKU is MOKOKUDO（Wood　fights　Land）・DOKOKUSUl（ Land　fights　Water ）・ SUIKOKUKA（Water　fights　Fire）・KAKOKUKIN（Fire　fights　Water ）・ KINKOKUMOKU（ Metal fights Wood ）．
These things show deep meaning in the domain of creation.

As a young man I noticed that I sought for immortality in free expression when I looked back on my own molding activities.
But I came to have doubts about everlastingness. There are differences between the material and the existing environment. I will certainly be extinct someday which part of cycle of life and the ideas changed my interest.

Now I am thinking that no difference whether my art indoors or outdoors. When I use white cloth or yarn for expressions I constantly calculating haw to change the surface and exposures but I occasionally obtain results through accidents rather the from my calculated plan. These are times very important．
Because I must then revolute the result and determine the expression.

Conscious or unconsiously when I meet these accidents they become fruitfull work expression.This power is TARIKl. TARIKI power is a very　 typical idea in Japan.
This idea is about relationship of the power of all things in the universe. When I understood I enjoyed more freedom in my work. Recently I have been using fiber materials creating two and three dimension pieces．

When I was a boy my hope was to be to painter but my father did not agree and he said that I shouldn't study art and drama. At first I obtained his wishes but my feeling didn't change. Although I started to study design at school I had been dream artist. After I graduated I worked in the textile industry. But my students all the time I had questions about relation of art and design. These two fields were same to me. From that time my ideas changed about art and design. In my mine art and designer one.

The creations are related to every thing and I understood that objects are born from mankind are to meet the last moment in the future. In order to achieve this expression I am usually using fire. I discovered this use of fire at Hamamatsu Open Air Exhibition in 1984. This work's title was SCORCHED EARTH. I had many accidents on the beach but I discovered many creative ideas.

Fiber material is very convenient and easy to make plastic art. Anybody is able to express thereselves with art and feel freedom. My idea is that I woud like to connect language to form and body on future.

I strong believe in this quotation by Galy Steiner.

The sky can be our costumekkk.

The land can be our pillowkkkkk

( Quotation from “Nanimo iranai” written by Aiko Izumisawa )

2000　 Hideho Tanaka