女らしさに、毛が生える

介護用品である杖と造花を用いて構成した立体全体をつけまつ毛で覆い、日本において連綿と受け継がれてきたケアの実践と、現代の装いの感覚を接続する。作者自身が在宅で祖母の介護を担ってきた経験を背景に、異質な素材が重なり合う構成は、介護の負担や時間の蓄積、さらには制度からこぼれ落ちやすい若者介護者の経験を象徴的に表現するものである。つけまつ毛は他者の視線に応える装いではなく、自身を保つための小さな儀式として再定位される。本作は、不可視化されてきたケアの感覚を素材と身体表現によって再構成し、ケアと装い、規範の関係を静かに問い直す。

The entire sculptural form is composed using a walking cane—a caregiving aid—and artificial flowers, and is covered with false eyelashes, bringing into dialogue care practices that have been passed down in Japan over generations with contemporary sensibilities of adornment. Grounded in the artist’s own experience of providing in-home care for her grandmother, the overlapping of disparate materials symbolically expresses the burdens of caregiving, the accumulation of time, and the experiences of young carers who are easily overlooked by institutional systems. Here, false eyelashes are re-positioned not as adornments that respond to the gaze of others, but as small rituals that help sustain the self. Through material and embodied expression, the work reconstructs the often-invisible sensations of care and quietly reconsiders the relationship between care, adornment, and social norms.