The Office

The exhibition space at Zumo Akko (2023) was a labyrinth of staircases and variously sized chambers. The surface of the actual location was accumulated in photographs, which I transformed into an alternative realm, featuring an improbable assemblage of doors, passageways, and entrances. The area underwent a process of simplification and purification; devoid of its former occupants, only walls, floors, windows, doors, and temporal imprints remain. It became a specific yet potentially ubiquitous place. Within the structure, additional windows and doors were integrated. These apertures served dual purposes: some as light sources and potential exits, others as impenetrable barriers, obscuring the outside world. An intense, beguiling, ethereal white light suffused the space, suggesting the possibility of transitioning to another dimension or state of being, even as we remained confined within the desolate office.