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I visited places rumored to be haunted and commonly referred to as “ghost spots” and filmed there. The footage is projected onto a screen, where I attempt to find ghosts within the flickering light. Wearing a headlamp and holding a flashlight and drawing materials, the work records my own figure as I chase after something unseen.

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In order to sense what cannot be seen, I introduced several conditions. Excessive caffeine intake producing excitement and dizziness, large speakers to intensify the sense of presence, and visual stimulation from the strong flickering light experienced at close range. As I tried to approach a pseudo trance-like state, I felt as if something visible only to me began to emerge.

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It is said that the people who created ancient cave paintings may have drawn them while in states where hallucinations were intentionally induced, in order to connect with spirits or invisible worlds. Is the impulse to approach the unseen truly so different between those who painted cave walls and myself living in the present day? Perhaps, as long as we are human, the difference may not be so great.

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