Pixel Montage
“Pixel Montage” is an original technique I developed in 1988, based on cutting and reconstructing photographs and printed materials into new images. By assembling countless image fragments, the work shifts between micro and macro perspectives, allowing details and the overall image to coexist simultaneously.
Using photographs collected from everyday life, nature, cities, and cultural landscapes, I reconstruct visual information through a process of fragmentation and reorganization. Each small fragment contains its own texture, color, and memory, while together they form a unified image with a new visual narrative.
Through Pixel Montage, I explore the relationship between perception, memory, structure, and reconstruction, creating works that invite viewers to move continuously between close observation and distant viewing.
Zen Garden
The “ZEN GARDEN” series explores the visual and structural similarities between Japanese Zen gardens and electronic circuits.
For many years, I have photographed the internal circuitry of electronic devices from various perspectives. Using these photographs, I reconstruct Zen gardens I encountered in Kyoto through my original technique, “Pixel Montage.”
When viewed closely, electronic circuits often resemble Zen gardens. The precise arrangement of components parallels the placement of stones and sand, where order, balance, and silence create harmonious compositions. Both electronic circuits and Zen gardens reveal different forms of beauty when viewed from micro and macro perspectives: intricate details emerge up close, while overall harmony appears from a distance.
By reconstructing Zen gardens through the imagery of electronic circuits, I seek to express the relationship between technology and nature, structure and spirituality, precision and tranquility. Through these works, I seek to offer viewers a new perspective on the quiet beauty and contemplative space found within Zen gardens.
