Exhibited in "Feminist Fan in Japan and Friends" at Youkobo Art Space, 2016 (image credit: Shinya Hirose)
Exhibited in "Feminist Fan in Japan and Friends" at Youkobo Art Space, 2016 (image credit: Shinya Hirose)
Exhibited in "Feminist Fan in Japan and Friends" at Youkobo Art Space, 2016 (image credit: Shinya Hirose)
Exhibited in "Feminist Fan in Japan and Friends" at Youkobo Art Space, 2016 (image credit: Shinya Hirose)
Exhibited in "Shallow" at Estudio Nomada, 2015
Exhibited in "Shallow" at Estudio Nomada, 2015
Exhibited in "Shallow" at Estudio Nomada, 2015
Exhibited in "Shallow" at Estudio Nomada, 2015
Exhibited in "Shallow" at Estudio Nomada, 2015
Hello Kasumi (2015)
Ceramic and glaze, mixed media
Hello Kitty's "official" profile states that she is "five apples high and weighs as much as three apples." I am 31 mandarines high and weigh as much as 164 mandarines. We are both "made in Japan" but grew up elsewhere：Kitty is "lives in London" according to her official profile, and I lived in the US for half of my life until my early 20s.
My identity and how to understand it and present it to others has been, is, and will always be something that keeps pestering me. I would like to imagine that Kitty faces the same issues with her "bi-culturalness."
ハローキティの公式プロフィールでは、キティの身長はりんご５個分、体重はりんご３個分と記載されています。私は身長がみかん３１個分、体重はみかん１６４個分です。私もキティもメイド・イン・ジャパンですが、キティはロンドン育ち、私も２０代前半まで人生の半分をニューヨークで、二人とも海外で生活していました。