LooChoo Aya profile

Aya Taira ponders the connections between nature,
the cosmos and time and tries to tie all these elements together in her work.
She uses empty larval cases of the Cicada.
The larval cases are not just husks of empty space;
they hold echoes of the past and signify life anew.
Just as black holes elude our comprehension,
the life of the Cicada remains, for most part,
out of sight and mysterious. Their empty vessels are black holes;
black holes of forgotten memories and of stories untold.
Taira thinks about her ancestors,
the Ruyuku people and how they are like constellations.
We look to them in wonderment but there is so much that’s unanswered.
However, we are somehow all connected by a mysterious thread.