In 2007, I started using sumi ink in my work. The stills are from longer videos I took of sumi ink being dropped into water, I wanted to explore the material, slowed down, and filmed at high definition. Sumi is made from carbon soot. Like the earlier soot work on metal I had done, I realized I was using the same material. The videos are my exploration of the soot, in liquid form.
Mizu no Kokoro, Video still, 2008
Video still, 2009
Video still, 2009
Video still, 2009
Video still, 2009