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Actually, I work on several painting projects.
The project Sterna paradisea is inspired by an experience I had in 2022 while cycling through Scandinavia. Sterna paradisea is the scientific name for one of the most amazing birds on Earth, the Arctic tern. These birds have a circumpolar breeding distribution. Arctic terns undertake the longest known migration in the animal kingdom, from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back, 40,000 to 70,000 km per year. I found one of the birds dead, seemingly just fallen from the sky, on a wild beach in northern Denmark. The beauty of the bird was so intense that I couldn't stop crying with grief and gratitude at the same time.
The painting technique of triangulation stands as a metaphor for the transience and fragmentation of memory, as well as for the increasing alienation with which nature is perceived.
The project Asami in the onion field is inspired by the japanese movie The Young Strangers, a production from Uchiyama Takuya with my favorite japanese actress Reika Kirishima.
The story: Kazama Ayato is a young man who works day and night while paying off the debt of his deceased father and caring for his mother, Asami, who suffers from an incurable disease. His younger brother, Sohei, was also responsible for repaying debts and caring for his family while practicing martial arts every day and started following in his father's footsteps.
Despite being devoured by a stifling life, Ayato wants to find a small happiness with his lover, Hinata. However, on the night of the banquet celebrating the marriage of Ayato's best friend, Yamato, their modest daily life is taken away by unexpected violence.
The film is scheduled to be released in November 2024 in Europe.