Weapon of Choice

最高の武器

‘Weapon of choice’ challenges the systematic abuse of women in Japanese society through revisiting a summer of violence that I experienced at the age of fourteen.

The images within this series border the present as well as the past. They are visual representations of living with trauma: of moving between consciousness and subconsciousness, resisting and remembering. These representations question and confront patriarchalism in Japanese society, often said to be one of the safest societies in the world.

While the subject is haunting and at times difficult to represent, Weapon of choice also celebrates the resilience of the human spirit, acting as a vehicle for protest.