Aurelie Crisetig

«'見ぬが花' (“Ignorance is bliss”) is a project consisting of 47 embroidered Polaroids which represent the 47 prefectures of Japan. The sceneries depict typical Japanese streets in residential areas. The wires are embroidered with a yellow thread, creating a spiderweb of electricity. The timeless appearance of electric pylons contrast with a world constantly overwhelmed by significant changes in term of urbanisation, technology and architecture. The embroidered wires represent the different path that is given to us and the connection that we choose - or ignore. The Polaroids have two sides: the daylight side shows the linear, unavoidable, inflexible, circle of life (birth, life, death) while the dark side depicts how unpredictable and uncertain life is. The darkest side also creates an imaginary map of constellations, an unlimited sky with endless possibilities.»

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Aurelie Crisetig (@aureliecrisetig and www.acrisetig.com), 見ぬが花 (“Ignorance is bliss”), 2020, embroidered Polaroid, Polaroid format