A Silent Place

Shogo Takarada

2019

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The sight of birds gathering at dusk and forming a flock gives rise to feelings of anxiety, as if the world is about to end. Yet, after a certain time, the birds move on somewhere else. The sudden appearance and disappearance of something in an ordinary scene changes the meaning of that ordinary scene. I created this piece because I wanted to express the situation in which something that produces so much noise and makes its presence known was missing.