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EIJI SUMI
Cocoon 

Concept :
 An exhibition titled Home Coming Islet at Essence Contemporary Art Museum in Chongquing, China, from 6th June-31st August 2020.

Sumi’s participatory installation is titled Cocoon II and develops an earlier version exhibited at the Jim Thompson Farm in Thailand during 2013. The artwork was created from bamboo, metal, LED and a DMX controller. He was inspired by the incubation period of silkworms and the transition from past to future through an evolving form. The cocoon is a metaphor for creating optimism in the present about what will come, and, through contemplative audience participation, implies metaphysical interests in spiritual and mental mindlfulness.