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Tomoko Hayashi
Tomoko Hayashi is a Japanese artist whose work explores the relationship between inner nature—the subtle currents of human consciousness—and outer nature—the shifting, often imperceptible forces of the physical world. She has an ongoing interest in merging scientific, spiritual, and material worlds—using sound, mud, microorganisms, and light to evoke ephemeral resonances, like a signal briefly caught on a crystal radio. One such signal emerges in her recent video installation inspired by Mizorogaike, a mysterious, ancient pond in northern Kyoto known for its glacial relict species and its cultural reverence as “Mizoro-ike/Bodhisattva Pond.” Weaving underwater footage, field recordings, and local memories, Hayashi’s work in Actions for Water captures the pond’s natural rhythms and layered human histories. This reflects her ongoing engagement with unseen life processes and the fragile, living connection between land, memory, and spirit.