{"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 “Memory Engrams”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new series “Memory Engrams” exhibited at the Tagboat Art Fair in March was created after my cat Neneko died of illness on November 1st last year .<\/p>\n

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\u2191Memory Engrams Installation<\/p>\n

Memory Engrams 2 dimentional works<\/a>
\nMemory Engrams concept<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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.\"\"<\/p>\n

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.
\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.
\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

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

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.
\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.
\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

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

Normally, galleries don’t prefer exhibiting installation works (because they don’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

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.
\nI plan to take the artwork to Neneko’s hometown in Shanghai next year to exhibit it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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