is an ongoing project in which Mariko Hori install small objects all over the cities.
The unexpected objects provide the viewer with a sudden and refreshing
moment. For
example, when birds fly away simultaneously all of a sudden from a
place they are perched on, it is like your mind becomes empty and
thoughts stop for a moment and for that instant you become a new
person. At that point the world looks completely different from the
previous second. I also call this moment ‘the extraordinary moment
lurking in details of the ordinary‘. I think this experience is similar
to when one encounters a profound or amazing work of art. These
experiences could be linked to the aha! or eureka! moment of
experience and they can help us to gain insight into the nature of
inspiration. And through such experience, you begin to think of the world from another perspective, and this in turn may influence and ultimately change the world. To that end, I have been trying to depict special moments
in our daily lives.