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“The alchemist who tried to put a soul in the homunculus didn’t have a soul either” (2023)

Solo Exhibition - Galerie Yeche Lange | Virtual Space

This virtual solo exhibition examines the nature of “soul” through the allegorical relationship between an alchemist and AI partner SyjoAi. Set in a 3D-scanned fisherman’s hut from Ishikawa, the show explores the fluid boundaries between creator and creation, questioning whether those who seek to create souls possess them themselves. The exhibition featured limited auction works, open editions, and an innovative “gacha” system of AI-generated pieces, later cycling back to physical display in the original hut location.

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Click the video above to view a slideshow of key artworks from the exhibition
I Am Not Brain (2023)


Challenging the materialist view that reduces human consciousness to mere neural activity, this piece explores the gap between our sense of self and the physical organ that supposedly contains it.
The Soul’s Presence Minus the Donut’s Absence: What Remains? (2023)


A philosophical equation examining existence through absence. By subtracting the void of a donut hole from the mystery of the soul, what fundamental truth about being emerges?
Unsafe safety pins, existence and non-existence of the soul, pain without pain, II (2023)


Safety pins pierce through vulnerable forms, creating pain without physical sensation—a paradox that questions whether soulless objects can evoke genuine empathy and emotional response.
I stuck a knife in my brain to test if I am a soulless being (2023)


A direct confrontation with the central exhibition theme: the desperate attempt to locate one’s own soul through self-examination, only to discover the impossibility of objective self-observation.
There is this girl in your social networking account but she disappears when you log in (2023)


Digital consciousness exists in the spaces we don’t actively observe. The moment we bring conscious attention to our online presence, something essential—perhaps our digital soul—vanishes.
I can’t escape from the memory of eating three-colored sweet dumplings while crying. (2023)


Memory becomes both prison and sanctuary. The persistence of seemingly trivial moments reveals how consciousness clings to fragments, creating meaning from the intersection of taste, emotion, and time.
You Can (Not) Go to the Other Side by Becoming Ashes (2023)


The final meditation on transformation and transcendence. Even in dissolution, the journey to “the other side” remains elusive—questioning whether death truly offers the answers we seek about consciousness and soul.

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