A silent meditation on the passing of time, Mono No Aware was filmed every day over a span of three weeks to capture the life cycle of sakura in rural Japan. The structure of the composition - images change at five second intervals - reflects the five-petaled structure of the flower and the relentless and inevitable procession towards death and renewal.
This work was exhibited in Onishi, Japan in 2017 and is in the permanent collection of Shiro Oni Studio.
Mono No Aware (2017)
6 minutes
Single channel digital video