KiyaKiya

The term KiyaKiya comes from the old Japanese expression mune ga kiyakiya suru I first encountered it in Shibusawa Tatsuhikos book Introductory Essays on Girls in the chapter about childhood experiences The expression which describes an enigmatic nostalgic disturbing feeling or an impression of dejavu is at the origin of my KiyaKiya series This is one of my memories When I was a child there was a book I always used to read when I went to the hospital One day as I was reading it as I always did suddenly the ending had changed Sometime later when I read it again it had returned to normal In our everyday routine there are moments when suddenly we feel like something is different this unexpected change like in my memory feels like it has a kind of reality This impression is at the core of KiyaKiya and the related painting and drawing series