RUI MINEMURA

“器” には、色んなものを受け止めてくれる優しさと自由があるから好きだ。
しかしこれは、何かを入れるための器として作りはじめたものではなく、そうなるつもりも、明確な意図もなく。
ただ、巻き、立ち上げ、置いてみたときに、視線や空気のような形のないもの、そして自分自身の何かを、いつの間にか受け止めてくれているように感じられた。
それは意図の結果というよりも、そうなってしまった／そうなってくれたという感覚に近い。
そして、その在り方をそのまま受け止めたいという気持ちを「器になってゆく渦」＝“Uz-vesseling”としてここに表現しました。
さぁ、宇宙をつくろう！

I have always been drawn to vessels for the sense of kindness and freedom they seem to hold—their quiet ability to receive many different things.
This work was not created as a vessel meant to hold something, nor was there a clear intention for it to become one.
I simply wound the material, let it rise, and placed it there.
At some point, it began to feel as though it was gently receiving intangible things—such as one’s gaze or the surrounding air—and even something of myself.
Rather than being the result of intention, it felt closer to something that ended up becoming that way, or perhaps became that way on its own.
Wanting to accept that state just as it was, I expressed this feeling as “Uz-vesseling”—
a vortex that is becoming a vessel.