Hayato Koga world is not world 1027-2

About the Work

This work reverses the moment when a cluster of buildings shines in the sunlight, presenting it as a symbol of this constantly changing world. It reveals the facts that lie on the boundary between the visible and the invisible.

By inverting heaven and earth, this work shows that the world we perceive is not a fixed one. This is because everything is constantly changing, like a kaleidoscope. Cities and nature, people and ideologies, misfortune and happiness—nothing is eternal. This fact is both salvation and despair. To convey this truth, I inverted the city, a crystallization of human endeavor, and made it the motif of this work.

This work precedes "SANCTUARY | urbanized nature". It was created during a transition from a Buddhist-oriented to a Shinto-oriented approach.

【Provenance】 Sold at Hayato Koga Photo Exhibition "World is not World" at Gallery Edaka-an Flat (Tokyo) from September 9 to 13, 2018, then acquired by a private collector.

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Hayato Koga

A photographer whose work explores memory, place, and the traces of time. Koga Hayato captures the mysterious light and quiet latent within everyday scenes, creating images that pose quiet questions within the viewer. His work has been shown in galleries and art fairs both in Japan and internationally. Represented by I.F.Gallery (Singapore) for Asia outside Japan, with international art fair participation beginning at ART BUSAN. Solo exhibitions in Hong Kong and Singapore are scheduled through 2027. Featured on BS Fuji "Break Zenya" #329.