2026

Exhibition Text for Solo Exhibition "The Height of the Domain" (April 2025) - Up until now, I have created sculptures while contemplating "volume and distance"—the size and weight of objects and their relationship to space. In recent years, I have been using elements such as constellations, light, and time as motifs. These are not merely subjects, but rather "tools" for touching upon invisible "volume" and "distance." For example, I have incorporated a structure where small holes are made in the arrangement of constellations, allowing light to pass through. I believe that as light passes through the sculpture, depth and thickness are created, and a sense of "time"—the way the light reaches—emerges. For this exhibition, I have also created works using old constellations that are no longer in use, such as "Phosphorus" and "Argo." While researching these, I realized that the "lines" that were drawn to connect the stars had disappeared along with the constellations. People have drawn lines connecting stars in the sky over long periods of time. I feel a sense of physicality in this repeated act. This time, I created works that are small enough to be held by one person at most. I believe that the feeling of reaching out to draw lines in the sky and the sense of scale of a sculpture that fits in your arms, while existing in different dimensions, are somehow connected. We can understand the vastness of the universe intellectually. However, we don't truly feel it within our bodies. But by rethinking stars as "light that fits in the palm of your hand," I believe we can feel the "quantity" and "weight" surrounding them through our own bodies. Momoko Kimura