首塚
2018
樹脂粘土 アクリルメディウム
アクリルガッシュ ガラス絵具
photo：Ryosuke Higo
For one year now my younger brother has been connecting Hiroshima and Ehime through his research on fish from a remote island near the Shimanami expressway.
The locals call the place the “Kani Kousen” *for some reason, and he’s been gritting his working there.
Yesterday I received a small package from my brother.
As soon as I removed the tape live shrimp were scattered all around the hallway of my house.
Good Dashi can be made from the head of the Shrimp!
With my brother’s advice in mind I threw the heads in saucepan.
I watched the pot swirl, it vividly changing colours before my eye, the shrimp still gasping for life, and prayed “Please die quickly”
2018/3/18 While eating shrimp
* Kani Kōsen (蟹工船, "The Factory Ship") is a 1929 novel by Japanese author Takiji Kobayashi. The book expresses pessimistic tones from beginning to end, describing the harbour of Hakodate as being filled with rubbish, and the smaller boats being compared to insects.
1年ほど前から弟が広島と愛媛を繋ぐ
しまなみ海道付近の離島で魚の研究をしている。
どうやら地元民に「蟹工船」と噂されている職場で
歯を食いしばりながら生活しているらしい。
昨日、弟から私宛に小包が届く。
ガムテープを解いた瞬間、生きたエビが自宅の廊下に散らばった。
エビの頭からいい出汁がでる。
弟のアドバイスを受けながら片手鍋に首を放り込む。
鮮やかに変色しながら息絶えていくエビ群を見つめながら
「早く死ねばいいのに」と祈った。
2018/3/18 エビを食べながら 札本彩子