Are you looking for something?

Performance, single channel video, 2022

This is a performance piece that records minor acts of resistance against the constant pressure to declare an identity and purpose in contemporary society. When asked, “What are you looking for?” at a clothing store, the artist answers, “The meaning of life,” and when asked at a beauty salon, “What do you do?” he dares to make himself appear more ambiguous by claiming to possess a false occupation.

お店で「何かお探しですか」と聞かれた場合には「生きる意味」と答えたり、美容室で「お仕事は何をされてるんですか？」と尋ねられた場合には嘘の職業で通すなど、現代社会において常に自己のアイデンティティや将来の夢、目的を求められる状況に対して、些細な抵抗を行うパフォーマンス作品。