Artwork Teppei Yamada

“Apart and/or together”, Teppei Yamada (Loko Gallery, Tokyo)

“Apart and/or together” is an attempt to visualise the mercurial, volatile process of cultural homogenisation.
It was born from a study that constructs and deconstructs contemporary society. The work consists of 10 people’s heartbeats, which are reminders of the real human lives rendered invisible in discussions around national identity, ethnic difference, citizenship, multiculturalism, migration, and refugees. The goal is to better understand each other by what we have in common, rather than what we do not.