++ KAGE

:: polyester, plastic plate, touch sensor, projector, computer, etc.
:: 1800× 2700 × 4500
:: [ interactive installation ]
:: 1997-98

Since old times the shadow proved the existence (as for the ghost, has no shadow).However, like the image projected on the TV monitor (which is "virtual" in the sense) the shadow itself doesn't have the substance.And at the same time, as we can see in the shadow picuture, the shadow, or the silhouette stands as the basis of the image.

In this "KAGE", we took the notice of this shadow-substance characteristic and by using cone-shaped object, I created its shadow with computer graphics.The computerized shadows projected down toward the floor stay still, like the all shadows do, but as the time passes, some
of them will begin to tremble. By touching directly to some objects which are placed on the floor, various kinds of patterns will appear on computerized shadow images.

While these things are happening, viewer is always illuminatedby the projector coming from the ceiling. So that the shadow of the viewer himself is also projected on the floor as well as computerized shadows. When the false shadow created by computer graphics and the true shadow of his own are both projected on the same plane picture, one would recognize his
shadow and his existence once again.