1 pixel / grandma

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1 pixel / Grandma

In the spring of 2015, my grandmother passed away. The reflected in these photos are the scenery along the railroad, seen from inside the train which goes towards her memorial services. She was very willful woman. She can not have disappeared. So, even though she has been cremated and ashed to 1 pixel, she is supposed to get into the photos of this area. With such an extreme thought, I selected the photos as beautiful portrait of deceased person. If looking at the normal portraits, the memories with many quarrels will inevitably reappear in my head. But by substituting the landscape in this way, it seems that the past events are beautified gradually.

2015年の春、祖母が他界しました。これらの写真に写っているのは、法事に向かう電車の中から見えた線路沿いの風景です。自己主張が強く、あんなにわがままだった祖母が消えてなくなるはずはない。たとえ火葬されて1ピクセルの灰になってもこの地域の写真に写り込んでいるはず。そんな極端な考えのもと、美しい遺影として相応しい写真を選びました。通常の顔写真を眺めていると、どうしても祖母との喧嘩ばかりの思い出が脳裏に蘇ってきますが、こうして風景を代用することで、これまでの出来事が少しずつ美化されていくように感じます。