Awareness of Between-ness:
Bamboo to the Moon

This body of work finds its roots in Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter), an anonymous 10th-century Japanese narrative. The tale follows Kaguya-hime, a celestial being discovered within a radiant bamboo stalk, who must eventually leave her earthly life to return to the moon.

Having spent her formative years in Kyoto—nestled beside a “Bamboo Mountain”—the artist finds a profound connection between this ancient story and her contemporary surroundings. The lush groves and streams of Ferndale Reserve in Chatswood, Australia, act as a sensory bridge, transporting her back to the humid summers of Japan. Through photography, she captures these local bamboo patches as an instinctive response to the intersection of two distant landscapes.

Awareness of Between-ness: Bamboo to the Moon is an exploration of the enigmatic realm between Kyoto and Chatswood. In this collection, bamboo serves as a visual metaphor connecting the tangible world with the celestial. By weaving together memory and the present, the artist invites viewers to contemplate the thresholds between the known and the unknown, illuminated by the recurring radiance of the moon.