Project: I or I

My name “IORI” holds a hidden question: “I or I.” The “I” living in the outtie world, or the “other I” dwelling deep within the innee world. Exploring this duality and facing life in the present. The symbol of this is an imaginary flower called the Dual Flower. From a single twisted stem, like the cursive word “or,” two flowers bloom. Because “I” (pronounced “eye”) sounds the same, the flower has a center shaped like an eye, symbolizing "eye," and another center shaped like a heart, symbolizing "love." (A Japanese word 「愛」 (means “love” / pronounced “ai”) sounds very close to “I.”) Based on “seeing” and “feeling,” opposing energies breathe simultaneously on one single stem. They bloom at the same time, and both are believed to be right.These flowers do not bloom anywhere else, yet seem to bloom inside everyone’s heart.

IORIという私の名は「I or I」という問いが潜んでいる。外の世界を生きる「私」か心の奥に潜む「もう1人の私」。その二面性(duality)を模索し今を生きることに向き合う。その象徴が架空の花『Dual Flower（デュアルフラワー）』。筆記体の「or」のように捻れた1本の茎から 2つの花が咲く。「I(私)=アイ」と発音が同じことから、「eye=アイ(目)」を象徴する目の形の花芯と「Love(愛=アイ)」を象徴する愛の形の花芯。「視ること」と「感じること」をベースに相反するエネルギーがひとつの茎の上で同時に息づいている。同時に咲いていてどちらも正しいと思いたい。この花はどこにも咲いていないが、きっとあなたの心に咲いている。

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DAICHI

2025

Digital Print on F30 canvas

Eight flowers bloomed on scorched earth. "Violence," "Indifference," "Surveillance," "Hope," "Truth," "Rebirth,"　"Loss," and "Escape." Each dual flower holds opposing emotions within a single root. To survive is to pray. To raise one’s voice is to bloom. What blooms here is the shape of a feeling that was never named, and quietly lost.

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DAICHI — eight flowers for what is lost and what still escapes. 焼けた大地に咲いた8つの花。「暴力」「無関心」「監視」「希望」「真理」「再生」「喪失」「逃走」。dual flowerはすべて、対立する感情をひとつの根に宿しています。生き残ることは、祈ること。声を上げることは、咲くこと。ここに咲いたのは、誰かが名づけられなかったまま失くした、感情の形。