Father's Altar 

2023, Buddhist altar, flowers, fire, water

Father's Altar, 2023, Installation view from the solo exhibition DAD at BUoY Arts Center Tokyo

Since the death of the artist's father, a Buddhist altar has been placed in her family home to mourn him. However, to the artist, this altar exuded an uncanny, unidentifiable presence. Having suffered daily verbal and physical abuse from him during his lifetime, she could not bring herself to sincerely mourn his passing.

Yet, her mother cared for this altar with the same devotion she had shown the father while he was alive. Recognizing that the altar's bizarre presence resembled the aura of an art object, the artist decided to transform it into a work of art.

Furthermore, unable to bear the altar remaining in the house, she chose to turn it into an artwork as a means to physically remove it from the home and expose it to the public. This piece is intrinsically linked to the video work DAD, which features the screaming line: "I don't even want your altar in the house! Why is it even here?!"

Father's Altar, 2019, Installation view from the exhibition Tokyo Independent 2019 at Tokyo Art University Museum