{"id":6042,"date":"2025-01-22T12:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T03:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffp.jp\/?p=6042"},"modified":"2025-01-22T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:14:29","slug":"luna-nakagawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffp.jp\/en\/finalist-en\/luna-nakagawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Luna Nakagawa\u3000Memento Vitae in Plastica"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn” menu_logo_opt=”st2″][vc_column][wr_vc_titles text_align=”text-left” title_style=”headline-m” padding_top=”padding-top-30″ padding_bottom=”padding-bottom-30″][wr_vc_title title=”Memento Vitae in Plastica”][\/wr_vc_titles]\"LUNA
There are worms capable of breaking down plastic. Learning about the existence of these worms through recent studies deeply fascinated me. I was not only astonished by the unknown abilities of these organisms but also made aware of how ambiguous my binary perception of “”artificial”” and “natural” truly was.<\/p>\n

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Plastic, as a representative of convenient synthetic compounds, has enriched human civilization. At the same time, from an environmental perspective, it has been regarded as a symbol of disposable consumer culture that needs reevaluation. However, the raw material of plastic, petroleum, is originally a “natural” substance formed from the compressed remains of ancient microorganisms under specific conditions\u2014a condensed gift of countless lives.<\/p>\n

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This project seeks to reframe our perception of plastic as a material. By incorporating the countless bite marks of worm activity into the design and enveloping the human body\u2014an integral part of nature itself\u2014I aim to express the connection between civilization and nature that we have consciously severed. In essence, this is a collaborative work with mealworms, the Tenebrio obscurus. Their relentless activity of breaking down polystyrene blocks appears as a \u201cRituals to reweave life\u201d restoring plastic to nature’s cycle.<\/p>\n

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\u3000\u3000Material\uff1aLarvae of Tenebrionidae (mealworms), Styrofoam, plastic,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u3000\u3000Photography by YASUNARI KIKUMA \/ \u00a9\ufe0e FASHION FRONTIER PROGRAM\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Luna Nakagawa<\/p>\n

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