My mother gave birth to me in 1952 and quit her job. When I visited my birthplace in 2007, I realized that my time had arrived at her time. This is the end of my long journey of chasing my mother, the stranger.
In the work of the repatriates' dormitory, I who embraced the newborn mother in Kyongsong, Korea, 1924 meet her who embraced newborn me in 1953.
"Mother at 32 and me at 3 at the Muko River in Amagasaki in 1956"
100cm×304cm, computer-composed image made of photograph and drawing, 2007
Source of Old Photo:
Photo "Barracks at Kuise in 1946" from "Postwar History
of Amagasaki" (published by Amagasaki City in 1969)
Drawing:
Incorporated "Muko River and Barracks at Sunset", one of "Drawings
of First Memories" drawn in 2007, into the work
"Mother embracing me, and me embracing Mother at a dormitory for repatriates
at 2-89, Motohama-cho, Amagasaki on New Year’s 1953"
148cm×151cm, computer-composed photograph, 2007