‘oritsunagumono’ by takayuki hori

‘oritsunagumono’ (translated as ‘things folded and connected’) is a collection of origami works by artist takayuki hori, created to highlight the environmental threat of pollution to a number of species native to japan’s coastal waterways.

each translucent sheet is first printed with either the images of fragments of an animal’s skeleton, or, on some pages, human-made discarded objects that are often ingested by the animals in the wild. using the ancient tradition of folded paper, hori assembles the pages into a three-dimensional model. once the paper is folded, the printed components are united as a whole, telling the visual story of the animal’s plight to survive in an increasingly polluted and hazardous ecosystem.

takayuki hori: oritsunagumono full view of one of the assembled works

 

 

 

takayuki hori: oritsunagumono while the animal skeletons appear as x-ray images, the garbage they ingest is frequently highlighted in colour

 

 

 

takayuki hori: oritsunagumono model of a turtle

 

 

 

takayuki hori: oritsunagumono exhibition view of ‘oritsunagumono’

 

 

 

takayuki hori: oritsunagumono each assembled piece is displayed below the printing diagram as it appears prior to cutting and folding

 

 

 

takayuki hori: oritsunagumono closer view

 

 

 

takayuki hori: oritsunagumono

 

 

 

takayuki hori: oritsunagumono

diagram of the printed components

 

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