persistence | 余響｜2026

This work combines an installation and a moving image to explore how an unseen blessing can be felt, which unfolds from the smoke that rises as incense is lit. Through image and sound, the work traces the presence of an unseen blessing. As the incense burns, it shifts from a solid form into smoke. The smoke rises, spreads, and slowly dissolves. This transformation marks a movement between the visible and the invisible. Deities are formless, yet statues are created so that belief can be seen and touched. Similarly, incense is burned as an act of prayer. Its smoke becomes the temporary form of a blessing that cannot otherwise be seen. The work explores the concept of emptiness. A VoiceOver accompanies the imagery, spoken in the first person from the perspective of the object. Through this voice, the material is allowed to speak, carrying the weight of ritual, devotion, and disappearance. engages with the idea of emptiness. A voiceover accompanies the imagery, spoken in the first person from the perspective of the object. Through this voice, the material is allowed to speak, carrying the weight of ritual, devotion, and disappearance.