Quates, LINE
2018

Chatting history of Artist's private LINE account (chatting app used widely in Japan), being printed out as a poster, exhibited in public space.

Social media is explained as "interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation or sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks" on wikipedia. Atmosphere of social media changes depending on context, for example chat between two individuals may be intimate, undisguised, while group chat can be serious or even feigned. People change their attitute for different social needs, whether social media make this kind of camouflage easier and more achievable.

At the end of 2017, artist moved to Tokyo and started to use LINE. As a newcomer to the country, social media unfold a path to the new surroundings. Online chatting was more like a social experiment instead of intimate activity.