Social Circles

2023, single channel video with stereo sound, 15min36sec

This piece explores the unique dynamics and forms of communication that arise from the difficulty of mutual understanding. While social connections formed through interactions with friends and family have expanded globally with the spread of social media, dialogue with others has simultaneously become more complex. Through the film's poetic approach, I hope to offer a starting point for reflecting on the elusive nature of "the other" and "the self," as well as the fragile relationships and communications that bind us.

Sound Design: Nobuhiko Hayashi
Film Digitization: Shunsuke Minami
Translation: Mimiko Goldstein

Exhibition history:
2025 Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2025, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
2023 Visitor Cue, Yamanaka Suplex annex building MINE, Osaka
2023 how to make friends, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo

Screening history:
2025 Images Festival, Innis Town Hall, Toronto
2025 IMAGERY, sorigrim, Seoul
2024 Beijing International Short Film Festival, Goethe-Institut China
2024 EXiS 2024, Seoul
2024 JAPAN CUTS 2024, Japan Society, New York
2024 Prismatic Ground, Anthology Film Archives, New York