Having placed themselves, over the course of a long stretch of time, at the pinnacle of the hierarchy of organisms, humankind, in the process of mastering the world, has ended up taking control of nature as well. On the other hand, the human animal has been on a search for a spiritual connection to a presence, such as god or nature, that was greater than themselves. Unable to designate our place in the world, we have continued to wander in doubt to this day. Throughout history, throughout various eras, we have built sculptures and figures in our images, and have engraved our physical forms, our spiritual minds, our humanity, and at times even a human-shaped "god-like presence" into these works of art.

While in this act of creating an image of the human form, I was struck with an idea -- to create "scenes in which stand figures," in the forests and on the sands. Not belonging completely to nature or humanity, and even if the form is missing portions -- such as the head or a body part -- making them incomplete, this does not mean that the figure lacks "life." The image of the figure standing against a backdrop of trees or sky is similar to the behavior or appearance that we humans displayed upon this planet, while simultaneously evoking a sense of something that we ourselves cannot access directly. By photographing these scenes of my own fiction, I hope to see with my own eyes the images of an era when humans still preserved their stillness and dignity, while simultaneously not having become such arrogant organisms.

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这是我们必须铭记的过往。

关于那个我们更为虔敬、俯首长跪的时代。

 

我们必须忆起那份忘我之境，

那曾属于某个更伟大存在的一部分。

 

巨像开口长音：

我们已不再保有任何价值。

 

我们遗忘得如此彻底，

终究招致了冲突与灾殃。

 

正因我们的先祖深知，

我们会如何一次又一次地，将一切遗忘，

 

于是，他们将自己的意志与思想，

悉数托付给了巨像。​　- 长谷良树（Yoshiki Hase）

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＜COLOSSUS＞

在漫长的历史岁岁月里，人类将自己置于生物等级结构的顶端。在主宰世界的过程中，人类最终也掌控了自然。然而另一方面，作为动物的人类，又一直在追寻着与某种超越自身的伟大存在（如神明或自然）之间的精神联结。由于无法明确自身在世界中的位置，时至今日，我们依然在迷茫中徘徊。在漫长的历史与不同的时代中，我们依循着自身的形象创造出各种形体与符号，将我们的肉身躯壳、精神心灵、人性，乃至有时将具象化为人类形态的“神圣存在”，悉数镌刻进这些艺术作品之中。

在塑造这些人类形象的过程中，我脑海中浮现出一个想法——在森林与荒沙之中，创造出“立有巨形造像的场景”。这些伫立其中的不完整形体既不完全属于自然，也不完全属于人类；即便其形态残缺——例如缺失了头部或身体的一部分——这也并不意味着它失去了“生命”。这些在树木或天空背景下孑然一身的身姿与幻影，既投射出我们人类曾在这个星球上展现过的行为与姿态，同时也唤起了一种我们自身无法直接触及的玄妙感知。通过捕捉这些由我亲手虚構的场景，我渴望用双眼去见证那个时代的光景：那时的人类尚未变得如此傲慢，同时依然保有那份最初的静谧与尊严。