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By  Reiko Aoyagi 2014
Lightbox installation Duratran and LED lightbox Personal experiences including the death of my partner have lead me to explore the numinous space and time beyond this transient material world. I'm particularly interested in that light which can absorb the dark giving us consciousness, energy and life force. I began with negative films and old photographs progressing to lightboxes because they provide transparency. Images within dark negatives have suggested to me the extreme point of being that I see as convergency, allowing for unity and diversity as a modern mystery. This is where being encounters light and is supported by it. I have intended to create this transformed space in which viewers can feel the consciousness expanding.

Kazuhiko Yoshino

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