A Souvenir from Memories of Journeys

The souvenirs you bring home from a journey are not just folk crafts and sweets.
Something better than that should be “memories of the journey”.
The memories of journeys are now visualized in front of you.

Souvenirs for you to experience the world I've seen

The senses (vision, hearing, or smell) of

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journeys are expressed in this work. From our experience, what we sensed in a journey contains sceneries, sounds, temperature and so on. The mix of all these senses creates the memory of journey.

・Sounds to express the memories of journeys
The mix of memories during several journeys are compressed in a record and released as sounds for you. Records produce sound by engraving groove.Not only the sounds heard in journeys, but also the memories engraved in our minds are composed in the melodies.. Those grooves on the records provide sounds of music, expressing the memories of journeys that you can’t engrave without experiences.

・Visions to express the memories of journeys
The record sleeves here are the outer covers of records, representing visual information of journeys. They are also media connecting sights and sounds. On the other hand, the memory books express the memories of journeys by collaging texts, pictures, materials, photographs, and other visual stuff. Besides, we are able to travel again in the memory during making the memory books. As time goes by, the memories become blur and uncertain. Do not forcibly make high-resolution memory with low-resolution ones. Express abstract elements as abstract ones. The technique of marbling is used here.

・Scents to express the memories of journeys
When you get out from airports and take a step outside, you may feel exotic scents. There are significantly different scents in the atmosphere between countries. Usually, various scents we can smell during a journey. The scents infused into the memory books one-step further deliver the memories of journeys.

From these three senses, the memories of journeys become more concrete. They are put in the suitcase and sent to you as the best souvenir through this project.

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Type

Art work

Methods

Mixed media

Materials

Resin, glass, Paper, shell, garbage