bacteria sign (circle) #001 2000
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h450 × w450 × d9mm, photo by Taku Saiki
bacteria sign (circle) (detail) 2000
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h450 × w450 × d9mm
bacteria sign (circle) #004 2000
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h450 × w450 × d9mm, photo by Taku Saiki
bacteria sign (circle) 2000
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, each h450 × w450 × d9mm, installation view at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan), 2009, photo by Kazuo Fukunaga
bacteria sign (circle) 2000
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, each h450 × w450 × d9mm, installation view at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan) , 2009, photo by Kazuo Fukunaga
study #02 2002
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h900 × w900 × d35mm, photo by Ooki Jingu
sign wave 2003
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h606 × w3640 × d35mm, photo by Ooki Jingu
bacteria sign #1 2006
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h1116 × w910 × d35mm
bacteria sign #21 2007
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h1200 × w1200 × d35mm
bacteria sign #31 2008
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h1800 × w1800 × d35mm
bacteria sign #29, #30, #31 2008
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, each h1800 × w1800 × d35mm, installation view at Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan) , 2008, photo by Ooki Jingu
bacteria sign #32, #33, #34, #35 2008
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, each h1980 × w910 × d35mm
bacteria sign #44 2016
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h600 × w600 × d35mm
bacteria sign #36-#40, #45-#71 2019
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h550 × w550 × d50mm each, installation view at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan), photo by Kenji Morita“Bacteria sign” are a series of works created by embedding dry leaves under earth layered on panels that are completed by excavating lines formed with the centre veins of leaves. The final outcome can be presumed as a series of imaginary fossils. This practice intends to discover dormant memories by reconnecting fragments of lines that can be collected in our daily lives and excavate them through archeological procedures.
bacteria sign (circle) #001 2000
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h450 × w450 × d9mm, photo by Taku Saiki
bacteria sign (circle) (detail) 2000
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h450 × w450 × d9mm
bacteria sign (circle) #004 2000
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h450 × w450 × d9mm, photo by Taku Saiki
bacteria sign (circle) 2000
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, each h450 × w450 × d9mm, installation view at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan), 2009, photo by Kazuo Fukunaga
bacteria sign (circle) 2000
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, each h450 × w450 × d9mm, installation view at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan) , 2009, photo by Kazuo Fukunaga
study #02 2002
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h900 × w900 × d35mm, photo by Ooki Jingu
sign wave 2003
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h606 × w3640 × d35mm, photo by Ooki Jingu
bacteria sign #1 2006
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h1116 × w910 × d35mm
bacteria sign #21 2007
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h1200 × w1200 × d35mm
bacteria sign #31 2008
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h1800 × w1800 × d35mm
bacteria sign #29, #30, #31 2008
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, each h1800 × w1800 × d35mm, installation view at Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan) , 2008, photo by Ooki Jingu
bacteria sign #32, #33, #34, #35 2008
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, each h1980 × w910 × d35mm
bacteria sign #44 2016
earth, dead leaves, acrylic and wooden panel, h600 × w600 × d35mm