Fujitsuka Shosei

Fujitsuka Shosei

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Faintly lit Cascading Milky Way
Orion and Pleiades making rhythmical sounds…”
This is my favorite section of a Japanese song written by Keizo Horiuchi called Fuyuno Seiza / Winter Astronomy.

All of a sudden, one day, an oscillating long-tailed comet appears in the dark sky.
As if stars broke through the celestial curtain, the meteor shower pours down
Fantastic curtain of light – Aurora
And also the Milky Way and Nebula express themselves by forming multiple configurations and colors
All of these constellations together create beauty that is so amazing that it makes me speechless
I am filled with a feeling of contentment when I spend my time watching these beautiful stars scattered in the evening sky.

As I learn how the space is created and developed, I reflect on human life—how fragile our lives are.
Many centuries of life forming on Earth, I believe that they all originated from stars.  They came from the stars and they go back to the stars in the end.
One day, I will also return to Nebula.

I work with bamboo every day, and through this medium, I express the celestial world which I consider the foundation of my life. I would like to convey to viewers how precious life is through observation of this alluring material, and think about beautiful stars and sublime cosmic space.