Intimate Moments reveals the invisible link established between Japan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo when the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima in 1945. This bomb contained uranium extracted from the Shinkolobwe mines in the Belgian Congo.

Pills are used in this work as the metaphor of the uranium to establish a new link between Japan and Congo, between the artist and the city of Hiroshima and between the artist and the victims of the explosion. These tablets are also used as a way of relieving the earth from the bad behaviors of the humankind.

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(Please watch The artist talk)

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Note: I dedicate this work to Mitsuji Hamano san. He accepted to tell me his experience of the A-bomb in 1945. I had the chance to spend almost 1 hour and half with him. He survived from the atomic bomb explosion but left this world in May 2020 (11 months after the interview). May his soul rest in peace. His testimony is include in this work.