FEATURED WORK

Flow 2026

Sally and I have been making these kites together for several years, and over time the project has continued to accumulate our activities, ideas, and exchanges.

Each kite has its own story. I think of each one as a record of our dialogue at a particular moment.

The dialogue sometimes takes us in unexpected directions, and that is what makes each artwork unique and interesting. We may change things, cover something up, respond to what the other person has done, or develop an entirely new idea.

The work records not only the finished image, but also the process of our being together and communicating at that particular moment.

If I had to describe the general theme of these kites in one word, it would be "Flow".

Flow can be physical—the movement of water or air—but it can also be the flow of time, ideas, and dialogue. Sometimes the shapes we create begin to resemble tiny fish or birds, forming dynamic groups that seem to move, gather, separate, and communicate with one another.

Other images come from stories or ideas I have developed in my earlier work. I may introduce one of these ideas to Sally, and she responds to it in her own way. Her response then gives me another direction, and the composition continues to evolve through this exchange.

This is what makes collaborative work so important to me. I could not make these works by myself. They exist because of the conversation between two artists. Most importantly, we are not simply making artworks together; our dialogue as visual artists takes physical form through the kite. For me, the kite becomes a record of exchange, movement, time, and our shared experience.

August 11, 2026

Koichi Yamamoto