Can I listen to your heartbeat for a minute?

2011 - ongoing

With two stethoscopes, I listen to the other person's heartbeat while they listen to mine. We tap hands to the rhythm we hear of each others' heartbeat for a minute per person.

The feeling of wanting to connect to someone and the awkwardness that comes with it are contradictory and together. Frustration that comes with invasion of personal space, over-sharing information, and individual boundaries interests me. I ignore and skip all those thoughts and get close to the participants on the human level by listening to the raw sounds of their heartbeat - the source of our lives.

This is a minute long meditation in the fast paced world to feel connected with people, and to experience the simple truth - we are all alive now with our heart beating.


1分間心拍を聞かせてください 　2011 - 継続中

二つの聴診器を使い、通行人や見知らぬ人などの心拍をお互いに聞き合いそして相手の心拍の聞こえるリズムに合わせ手を叩き合うという参加型パフォーマンス。

私は人間観の距離感や心理的境界線、そして親密な話を共有しすぎることなどに疑問や戸惑いをよく経験する -- そのもどかしさを克服するため、気まずい時間を省き動物としての共通点である原始的な心臓の音を聞き合い、そこで繋がっていると自身の経験として理解するために実行した。

Tainan, Taiwan, 2017

Oita, Japan, 2012

Los Angeles, the U.S, 2011