THE SOUL OF JAPAN: Profound Tranquility or Modern Loneliness? (WabiSabi n.4 - Animated Version)

I loved Japan and its culture since I can remember… its aesthetic principles of beauty, its sense of peace, the respect for others, its harmony and safety. In this artwork I want to present and describe (through a series of 18 animated street photographs I took around Japan in 2 years) a feeling of detachment and kind of "self inflicted" loneliness which may seem very strange to a non Japanese or someone traveling to this beautiful country for the first time. This feeling can be encountered all over the country but is felt more strongly in the big cities, especially in the streets of Tokyo. A feeling that deeply entangles and mixes with a secular way of life, with a thought process and...View all