Artist Statement →
7/11 around Japan by train is one work in the series 7/11 working sleeping living in Japan. It's a performance I did, where I traveled the outline of Japan by train. In seven days: 83 hours 15 minutes from station to station, 67 hours 52 minutes on the train, I did 6652,3 kilometres in 4072 minutes with 33 trains with an average speed of 98 km/h. The series of drawings documents the lines of the train ride from one day. Next to the drawings there are pictures which are presented in the book /11 working sleeping living in Japan. The question if it would be possible to circumnavigate the island in seven days triggered me to figure it out myself. How does Japan look outside of well-known places? How does the environment, architecture, mentality of the people change from north to south?…