{"product_id":"taketo-muroi-afterimage-9","title":"Taketo Muroi - Afterimage 9","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"622\" data-start=\"406\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Promptography on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eImage size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 45 x 30 cm\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 + 1 AP\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAfterimage 9\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfterimage 9\u003c\/em\u003e condenses the central motifs of the series in a particularly quiet, almost contemplative way. The two-part image structure is clearly recognizable and here functions less as a confrontation than as a temporal shift of one and the same place. Both halves of the image show a reflective water surface in which trees and sky are refracted – but in different states of light, color, and perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The left side appears muted, almost empty. The reflection is dull, gray, and slightly blurred. The tree trunk acts like a dark axis, cutting vertically through the image and stabilizing the space, almost like a meditative pole. This half of the image evokes a state of retreat, of pausing—a landscape that is less seen than remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn contrast, the right half of the image presents an intensified perception of the same motif. Color emerges: shades of green, blue, and violet permeate the water's surface; reflections of light seem to move, as if the image itself were in transition. The reflection here is not clearer, but more vibrant—it shimmers, shifts, and dissolves fixed contours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In the logic of Japanese animism, this duality can be interpreted as different states of the same animate landscape. Water, trees, and light do not possess a fixed essence, but rather change their appearance depending on the viewer's perspective, time, and inner state. The landscape is not an object, but a co-actor – it responds to perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eFrom a Zen Buddhist perspective, \u003cem\u003eAfterimage 9\u003c\/em\u003e explores the relationship between emptiness and fullness. The left side approaches the state of \u003cem\u003emu\u003c\/em\u003e – intentionless openness – while the right side depicts an excess of information, color, and movement that nevertheless does not lead to clarity. Both states are of equal value; meaning arises not from intensity, but from attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The work offers a critical perspective on our current visual culture, in which the same reality appears radically different depending on the filter, algorithm, or context. \u003cem\u003eAfterimage 9\u003c\/em\u003e doesn't show a before and after, but rather a juxtaposition of competing realities. For \u003cstrong\u003eTaketo Muroi\u003c\/strong\u003e , this afterimage isn't a flaw in perception, but its very truth: perception is always unstable, relational – and never complete.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56707469443407,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2826\/3759\/files\/Afterimage-9.jpg?v=1766933726","url":"https:\/\/ai-edition-berlin.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/taketo-muroi-afterimage-9","provider":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}