A representation of Fictional War
A Representation of Fictional War
Digital inkjet prints
Video : 2 min
The images of war are frequently represented in many different media in any culture. While we receive these images of war, we unconsciously build images --certain poses and compositions-- that remind us of war in our minds. The images are not from our real experience of war but from the images from mass media. I am examining the universal allegorical images and compositions that imply war and reproducing them as a parody of fictional war.
Born in Japan in 1980, I haven’t experienced any war in my country. However, I hear about current and past wars all the time through media sources such as newspapers, TV stations, magazines, movies, and books. Even though I have never experienced the situation of war, after receiving many images and narratives about war, I have begun to feel trauma and fear when I see certain images that remind me of war. The question I have always had is whether I shouldn’t talk about the pain of war because I haven’t experienced real war yet. However, it is also true that there is the pain in me from those images of war that I see. I am pursuing the power of fiction and the narratives of war in this project.
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Video : 2 min
The images of war are frequently represented in many different media in any culture. While we receive these images of war, we unconsciously build images --certain poses and compositions-- that remind us of war in our minds. The images are not from our real experience of war but from the images from mass media. I am examining the universal allegorical images and compositions that imply war and reproducing them as a parody of fictional war.
Born in Japan in 1980, I haven’t experienced any war in my country. However, I hear about current and past wars all the time through media sources such as newspapers, TV stations, magazines, movies, and books. Even though I have never experienced the situation of war, after receiving many images and narratives about war, I have begun to feel trauma and fear when I see certain images that remind me of war. The question I have always had is whether I shouldn’t talk about the pain of war because I haven’t experienced real war yet. However, it is also true that there is the pain in me from those images of war that I see. I am pursuing the power of fiction and the narratives of war in this project.
