TEXT & PHOTO: UTYUIROIRO
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This series of photographs is an “extraordinary scene in the everyday” by the daily presence of astronauts.
When we look at these photos, we feel a variety of emotions. Cute, scary, mysterious. Some people project their own loneliness.
It is the astronaut that comes to mind for everyone in the world, and because there is actually no clear individuality there, everyone is free to imagine what the situation in this photo is like.
I feel it is very science fiction-like.
In the field of surrealism, ‘Dépaysement’ refers to ‘moving something from its original context to a different place and creating a dissimilarity.’
This photograph can also be described as a Dépaysement
However, today, private space development including SpaceX is gaining momentum, and space travel is not just a dream but a reality.
In a more ideal future, it is possible for anyone to become an astronaut.
Therefore, the discomfort of “having astronauts in one’s daily life” may not be so strange in the future.
This is an expression to positively accept the future of space development.
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Utyuiroiro is a Japanese photographer who graduated from Osaka University of Arts. He made his own space suit and started the photo series ‘Everyday Life of an Astronaut’ in 2020. He also creates other science fiction video works, such as ‘KAIJYU’.