{"id":29350,"date":"2022-06-04T15:54:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T06:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/?p=29350"},"modified":"2022-06-07T16:52:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T07:52:36","slug":"about-memory-engrams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/en\/about-memory-engrams\/","title":{"rendered":"About Pet Loss and the new series &#8220;Memory Engrams&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new series &#8220;Memory Engrams&#8221; exhibited at the Tagboat Art Fair in March was created after my cat Neneko died of illness on November 1st last year .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29345\" src=\"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/864ABA61-51CF-49B5-A8D6-4CC100749B84-1600x1200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/864ABA61-51CF-49B5-A8D6-4CC100749B84-1600x1200.jpeg 1600w, 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width=\"1110\" height=\"1480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0966D8C9-7A1D-43C8-A2B9-06F9FEAD9D5C-1600x2133.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0966D8C9-7A1D-43C8-A2B9-06F9FEAD9D5C-1110x1480.jpeg 1110w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0966D8C9-7A1D-43C8-A2B9-06F9FEAD9D5C-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0966D8C9-7A1D-43C8-A2B9-06F9FEAD9D5C-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0966D8C9-7A1D-43C8-A2B9-06F9FEAD9D5C-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0966D8C9-7A1D-43C8-A2B9-06F9FEAD9D5C-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/0966D8C9-7A1D-43C8-A2B9-06F9FEAD9D5C-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29344\" src=\"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/D7D19C68-E826-47CC-9FBA-AC6E774ED6E9-1600x2133.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"1480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/D7D19C68-E826-47CC-9FBA-AC6E774ED6E9-1600x2133.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/D7D19C68-E826-47CC-9FBA-AC6E774ED6E9-1110x1480.jpeg 1110w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/D7D19C68-E826-47CC-9FBA-AC6E774ED6E9-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/D7D19C68-E826-47CC-9FBA-AC6E774ED6E9-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/D7D19C68-E826-47CC-9FBA-AC6E774ED6E9-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/D7D19C68-E826-47CC-9FBA-AC6E774ED6E9-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/D7D19C68-E826-47CC-9FBA-AC6E774ED6E9-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2191Memory Engrams Installation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/en\/portfolio-category\/memoryengrams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memory Engrams 2 dimentional works<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/en\/memory-engrams-concept\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memory Engrams concept<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I picked up Neneko as a kitten when I was living in Shanghai, and brought her home with me when I returned to Japan and kept her with me.<\/p>\n<p>I had been an artist for 16 years and Neneko was almost 14 years old, so most of my career as an artist has been with her.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29341\" src=\"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2CD3081B-45D0-4EE1-BEF3-88F52EA09AA0-1600x2133.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"1480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2CD3081B-45D0-4EE1-BEF3-88F52EA09AA0-1600x2133.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2CD3081B-45D0-4EE1-BEF3-88F52EA09AA0-1110x1480.jpeg 1110w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2CD3081B-45D0-4EE1-BEF3-88F52EA09AA0-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2CD3081B-45D0-4EE1-BEF3-88F52EA09AA0-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2CD3081B-45D0-4EE1-BEF3-88F52EA09AA0-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2CD3081B-45D0-4EE1-BEF3-88F52EA09AA0-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/hidemishimura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2CD3081B-45D0-4EE1-BEF3-88F52EA09AA0-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For some reason, Neneko loved me from the time I picked her up, and when I was working on my artwork, she would often sit on my knees, which was difficult because she was so fat and heavy.<br \/>\nWhen I used a PC, she would sleep on my wrist as I typed on the keyboard, using my wrist as a pillow, so she was heavy, but I loved her very much.<br \/>\nHowever, she almost recovered from her illness for a while, but then she got worse again and died on my knees, which was a terrible shock.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, I thought it would be silly to make an artwork because of pet loss, but I had always wanted to make an artwork like a large stuffed animal, so I did.<\/p>\n<p>I know that many of you thought about the weight of life during the Covid-19 disaster, but the perception of Covid-19 has changed rapidly over the past few years as the number of people infected has increased and decreased.<br \/>\nAt the same time, I was very tired of feeling like I was constantly being forced to make decisions about how to perceive the weight of life.<br \/>\nI also felt like I was afraid to express my own views because of the silent pressure to agree with others, and I sometimes felt depressed.<\/p>\n<p>In such a situation, by creating a two-meter work of art for just one cat, it was meant to question the weight of a small life.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, galleries don&#8217;t prefer exhibiting installation works (because they don&#8217;t sell), so when I submitted my exhibition plan, I thought I might be stopped, but nothing was said, and the artwork was completed and exhibited.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, I was able to gain a new way of expression, and I knew that Neneko would remain as a source of inspiration for me.<br \/>\nI plan to take the artwork to Neneko&#8217;s hometown in Shanghai next year to exhibit it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new series &#8220;Memory Engrams&#8221; exhibited at the Tagboat Art Fair in March was created after my 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