Statement
Old wooden door panels were used to divide spaces. Wood grain remains visible alongside wear and repairs that record their time in use.
Ultra-black coating covers parts of these panels, suppressing the reflections that make surface traces and depth readable. Exposed wood retains visible traces; in the coated areas, those traces become difficult to see even though the material remains. Removed from their architectural use, the doors are presented as surfaces to face.
The title Hekikan (wall-gazing) names this shift from a boundary that divides space to a plane encountered directly. Its history is partly concealed rather than physically removed. Paired with Dharma, the work asks how we encounter a thing whose physical structure persists as familiar visual information is withheld.