“puppet study #3”, 2010. 3 channel video projection with sound, installation view. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts.

 

This installation shows a concatenation of different moving images: the pattern of human yoga posing, generated computer line animation, and the movement of the flame of spirit lamps. Between the moving those images which seem to have no relationships each other, the theme will appear trough the system the artist creates.  Minami says that there is his interest behind the series of “puppet study”, which is the relationship between reality (or real feeling) and the function that supports it. The phenomenon, that is existed in reality for granted, is actually linked or collaborated with the unseen contexture. This is the connection the artist is highly interested in. If it takes the stage as an example, this connection can be seen between the play on stage and the backstage. Tactfully interchanging this relationship, “puppet study” shows how easily the feeling of reality can be re-constructed. “puppet” is the key to interpretation of the connection between reality and imaginariness.