The Sleeping Water - Melting Frozen Memories.

Ken Matsubara dissolves our sleeping memories just like they are frozen at the bottom of our hearts in his works made of antique objects, photographs and movies which are imprinted with people's memories. He thinks that memories are inherited from human to human through the DNA of microorganisms and that people can reach those common memories that cross over the world's various races and generations if we can awaken our own memories. Human beings are tied together by common memories and we will cross over those boundaries by sharing our memories.

"Mekong Delta" The movie for this work was shot at the Mekong River delta in Vietnam. 5 children are floating in the muddy river just like they are rising up to heaven. They are visible through an original, specially crafted, translucent mirror, glass dome. This work is dedicated to and mourns for the death of children in the many wars and disasters around the world.