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Conceptual Statement Why do we enjoy caring for plants? Perhaps we are looking forward to seeing them grow. Metaphorically, we also water our lives to see them blossom. The more care, the greater the results. That is the law of cause and effect. In the interactive multimedia installation, Ten Worlds: Garden of Life, watering flowers symbolizes the value of life and the creation of value in life. The piece addresses the concept of the value of human life in a theoretical manner using an experimental interactive video format. When the viewer waters the flowers in the space, s/he sees one of ten 30-second
video clips on the front wall which represent various life conditions that begin with a visual allusion to flowers flowers. The clips change through a mathematical calculation that uses the viewer’s body temperature and the time the person watered the flowers. Based on the ‘10 Worlds of Existence’, the fundamental concept of Nichiren Daishonin’s life-philosophy, the clips describe basic conditions which can be seen fluctuating in our lives according to the environment in every single moment. Ten Worlds reflects ten categories into which every kind of human life-state can be classified, ranging from the most miserable
depths to the most noble heights. These consist of Hell, Hunger, Animality, Anger, Tranquility, Rapture, Learning, Realization, Bodhisattva, and Buddhahood. My intention is to give each viewer an opportunity to look back on his/her life and think about its value and importance.
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