YAMAMOTO HANA

Highways and traffic jams are places where the flow of objects becomes visible as movements of light. Each time I travel by car, taxi, or bus, I attempt to capture the shifting glow seen from within the swaying interior. Yet, the more I try to create a single, coherent image from something always in flux, the further I move away from the actual experience. For me, perception encompasses not only vision but also physical, collective memories—such as the color temperature of the light touching my face and the sensation of the heater inside the vehicle—as well as the feeling of time stretching. Drawing on this collective memory, I rework multiple photographs into objects that more closely reflect myr own perception. Developed across various cities worldwide, this series includes works produced in South Korea.

I grew up in a Tokyo suburb shaped by logistics. Wherever I travel, mega cities all over the world share a familiar, optimized look in highways, airports,industrial districts —always just beyond the city center, and that is where I feel secure. I believe that dwelling in these efficient spaces is not empty. Rather, this environment compels me to reconsider how humans should exist as sensory beings