Ayana Nagata

Layers accumulated over many years.

There is a lake in Japan called Lake Suigetsu. Lake Suigetsu is a rare case in which varves have continued to form for 70,000 years. Varves are the distinctive striped patterns of lake sediment formed by layers deposited in lakes over many years. When I saw it, I realized that the past and the present are connected. For the first time, I saw the overlap of time.
Water has been circulating around the earth in various forms since ancient times. Something that connects the past and the present. The various waters in my living area were turned into ice and piled up like varves. The ever-circulating water is the only thing that connects me to the past.