Awareness of Between-ness:
Katami once a possession of deceased

This project serves as an “exhibition-as-funeral,” a restorative ritual for the artist who, having lived in Australia for half her life, was absent from the communal ceremonies of relatives and friends in Japan. In Japanese culture, a Katami is a possession of the deceased kept as a memento—a physical vessel for remembrance.

Through this work, the artist visualizes “between-ness”: an energy flow and spiritual interconnectedness that exists between the living and the dead. By utilizing light to reach toward the unseen, the exhibition reclaims the communal sharing and appreciation of life inherent in Japanese mourning. It is a sacred space where the act of art-making becomes the ceremony itself, bridging the distance between her two homes.