Art: Miyu Kojima Creates Miniature Replicas of Lonely Deaths
Miyu Kojima Creates Miniature Replicas of Lonely Deaths
https://www.spoon-tamago.com/miyu-kojima-miniature-kodokushi/
Twenty six-year old Miyu Kojima works for a company that cleans up after kodokushi (孤独死) or lonely deaths: a Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time. The instances first began to be reported around 2000, and are thought to be a product of increa
Today I discovered the work of Miyu Kojima, a Japanese artist who makes beautifully detailed miniature dioramas of rooms in which people have died lonely deaths, a phenomenon called kodokushi.
The inspiration for her work has its origins in a cleaning company for which she worked:
The company was advertising its services at the trade show by displaying photos of the rooms they’d cleaned. “But the photos are gruesome to look at,” Kojima said. “I felt they lacked respect for the deceased and for their family to be exposed like that.” So she bought some glue, polystyrene board, knives and other craft materials, and got to work. - Chris Michael and Keiko Tanaka in The Guardian.
Some of her images are now in a book.