Solipsism Syndrome

This project explores my experience of self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. I projected my mental state during the time onto the ordinary objects and scenes in my house.

I am a photographic artist and a bookmaker based in Tokyo/London. This project explores my experience of self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The title of this project, Solipsism Syndrome, is “a psychological state in which a person feels that reality is not external to their mind.” (Space Technology, 2003).It is a condition astronauts develop when they live in space for extended periods. The collection of photos is a mixture of photographs taken inside my house and NASA images.

Losing a sense of social belonging, my reality was constructed only based on the endless internal dialogues and interactions with inanimate objects in the house. My own thoughts and experience were the only thing that proves my existence and nothing in the outside world mattered to me. I felt like I was in a train running in an endless loop and I constantly needed to escape from something. I projected this mental state onto the ordinary objects and scenes in my house.

Please access this link to watch the video of the book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGnQQnzyB8Y