[Artist introduction] Karin Morita

Introducing contemporary artist "Morita Natsurin" .

【writer】

Morita Karin

[Introduction]

Exactly! Morita Karin's work allows us to discover new value and the preciousness of life in the ingredients we eat every day !

Her work offers a new way of thinking about the "life" we usually come across without thinking about it. Her work is based on the philosophy of animism , which embodies the belief that everything has a soul .

And among these, we focus on ingredients that are the most familiar and important to us!

Eating is part of a larger cycle that supports ourselves and other living things, and her work honors the life that resides in food ! Through her art, she offers an opportunity to appreciate and respect food not just as a source of nutrition, but the life that resides within it.

Her love for food ranges from taking photos of ingredients to cooking them, and her works are meticulously drawn with the vivid colors and textures of the ingredients. She also dries some of the ingredients, turns them into powder, and mixes them into resin to finish them off. Her work is designed to allow viewers to directly feel the power and mystery of "life."

The piece has a shiny texture, and the viewer's image is reflected against the black background, overlapping with the food, expressing the process of digesting and absorbing the food and becoming part of your own body!

In this way, Morita Karin's work is not just "beauty," but a powerful medium for conveying the beauty and complexity of "life" itself.

Please come and experience it at the venue!

【profile】

Born in Mie Prefecture

In Japanese culture, there is a spirit of animism, which believes that all things have souls, as evidenced by the fact that they are called "Yaorozu no Kami" (Eight Hundred Gods), based on the Shinto religion that worships nature.
I grew up in the natural surroundings of the Satoyama area of ​​Mie Prefecture, the heartland of Shinto, and in my childhood I played with animistic feelings on a daily basis. While spending time surrounded by nature, I became interested in the relationship between life, death, and the body (matter).

In Shintoism, meals were once a sacred ritual, a "divine event," in which one received other life forms to sustain one's own life. The word "itadakimasu" (thank you for the meal) is a vestige of this, and we Japanese people eat other life forms on a daily basis with respect, gratitude, and awe for all life forms.
In today's materially affluent world, people eat for a variety of reasons, such as for entertainment or fashion, or simply to satisfy hunger. The purpose of showing gratitude to other lives and sustaining life is becoming secondary.

When we think about whether we pay attention to being grateful for the food we eat on a daily basis, we cannot help but focus on the spiritual richness of ancient people who must have suffered from material shortages.
When we say "Itadakimasu" in modern times, what and to whom are we referring? This film explores the nature of modern abundance through the living ingredients that are so familiar to us on a daily basis.

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[Biography]
2016 Graduated from Mie University, Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education

February 2023 "New green leaves" (DDDART) Shimokitazawa
May "UP AND COMERS in SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE"
(+ARTgallery) Shibuya Scramble Square August Exhibiting at "Independent Tokyo 2023" September "Hello +ART Tokyu Plaza Shibuya" (+ARTgallery) Tokyu Plaza Shibuya
October "Dalston group exhibition -part5-" (gallery Dalston)

[Exhibition view]

The ingredients are drawn so precisely that they look like photographs at first glance, and are so impressive that they are overwhelming!

You can feel the vibrant life force emanating from the ingredients!