identification -Iwasaki museum 2022-2023 solo exhibition-
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The meaning of traditional tattooing in Borneo is that
it is a beacon of light after death to illuminate the darkness of the underworld and help person reach the Pure Land.
This is still believed in today and is carried over and tattooed on the real body.
From Greek times to modern times, psyche and spirit have been discussed by many philosophers and scholars,
but in present times, spirit is rarely discussed seriously in the public sphere as it is considered to have no scientific basis.
However, it is said that recognising abstract concepts such as spirit souls and the underworld requires the development of thinking skills through higher brain functions.
The oldest burial currently discovered is believed to be that of a Neanderthal from approximately 100 000 years ago.
Many doctors at the forefront of resuscitation in lifesaving medicine are also exposed to patients' near-death experiences.
And they point to a scientific paradox in the relationship between consciousness, spirit and near-death experiences.
In the expression of this work, a human body wood carving in relief of the Borneo tattoo, which is said to radiate light after death,
is used as a central element to compose a space that evokes the image of the other shore from this world.
The first period of the exhibition represent the entrance to the underworld,
while the second represent the the image of the Pure Land.
During the Age of Exploration, European nations developed a policy that
involved the entire planet in their quest for territorial expansion and profits from their colonies.
Since the turn of this century, there has been a growing movement to appeal for traditional cultural identity against the historical view of cultural invasion from the West.
In this exhibition, Ohno featured the traditional ethnic Bunmi of Borneo,
moreover in future developments, he plans to incorporate traditional cultures preserved and inherited throughout the world into his concept.
ボルネオに現在も残る伝統的文身の意味は、死後に光を放ち冥界の闇を照らし浄土へ辿り着くための道標である
それは現在でも信じられており引き継がれて現実の身体に文身を行なっている。
ギリシア時代から近代に至るまで、プシュケ・霊魂は多くの哲学者や識者によって議論されてきたが、
現代では霊魂は科学的根拠がないと考えられ公共の場で真剣に議論されることは少ない。
しかし、霊魂や冥界などの抽象概念を認識することは、脳高次機能による思考力の発達が必要だといわれている。
現在発見されている最も古い埋葬は約10万前のネアンデルタール人のものとされている。
また救命医療における蘇生治療の最前線で多くの医師が患者の臨死体験に触れ、意識と霊魂、臨死体験との関係性に科学的パラドックスがあると指摘している。