The word ghost (“obake”), in Japanese, can be translated as “the things that change.” I considered ghosts as some shapes or events that gradually change as we look for them or stare at them rather than a myth strictly speaking. Every night for two weeks, I shot pictures during systematic walks together with my friend and collaborator Marie Sommer. We could be alone or accompanied, either way deciding where we would go or simply walking randomly; the only rule was to walk all night long and every night. The series shows silhouettes fading in the dark, the fragile fleeting traces of apparitions met during long nocturnal walks in the Kansai region of Japan. We see the darkness of the surroundings and the highlights of both animate and inanimate subjects. Caught up wandering in a search for nothingness, I noticed a shift in my fellow travelers’ attitude, slightly moving to sweet madness. This physical and mental journey through deserted landscapes establishes the act of wandering as an active way of creating images.

    This series is part of a corpus made in collaboration with Marie Sommer during a residency at PACT Zollverein (Essen), Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto) and Montévidéo (Marseille). My images from the series have been acquired by Marseille City Fund for Contemporary Art (FCAC Marseille).