Introduction
“22degrees Universe is an ongoing exploration of human experience, discovery, preservation, and creation.”
Through art, music, design, architecture, nature, cultural assets, and research, the project seeks to understand how people create meaning from the world around them.
The works presented here are not final answers, but records of an ongoing journey of observation, discovery, and imagination.
Artist Profile
22degrees Universe is a long-term creative and research project dedicated to exploring the value of human experience.
Through music, art, design, architecture, space, nature, cultural assets, memory, and time, the project investigates how people perceive the world, experience it, and create meaning from it.
Current activities include the development of multiple AI-assisted music artist projects, the construction of a digital museum, the preservation and documentation of traditional Japanese houses, design assets and cultural resources, nature observation archives, and ongoing research into human experience and value creation.
The project also includes the preservation and study of design heritage, including Eames Shell Chairs and other historically significant objects, as well as research into the relationship between time, space, memory, and culture.
22degrees Universe is not simply an art practice. It is an evolving ecosystem dedicated to recording, preserving, connecting, and passing on human experiences to future generations.
Its ultimate vision is the creation of an Experience OS — a framework through which human experiences, memories, discoveries, values, and perspectives can be preserved, shared, connected, and inherited across time.
“Thank you for being part of this journey.”
Artist Statement
I am not drawing what can be seen.
I am searching for what cannot be seen.
People may stand in the same place, witness the same moment, and experience the same event, yet each person discovers something different.
My work begins with this simple question:
Why do people create different meanings from the same reality?
Why do some memories remain while others disappear?
Why do certain experiences transform a life while others quietly pass by?
To explore these questions, I create music, draw images, document spaces, preserve cultural assets, observe nature, and record human experiences.
These are not separate activities.
They are different expressions of a single exploration.
My interest lies in the relationship between preservation and creation.
I believe that preserving what already exists is as important as creating something new.
The past contains knowledge, memories, and experiences that deserve to be protected, while the future depends upon our ability to imagine, create, and discover.
My works are not intended to be final answers.
They are traces of an ongoing search.
Fragments of discovery.
Records of encounters.
Questions left open.
Through 22degrees Universe, I continue to explore how human experiences become memories, how memories become meaning, and how meaning may eventually be shared, preserved, and passed on to future generations.
Every artwork, composition, archive, observation, and project is part of this continuing journey.
My work is not about arriving at a destination.
It is about remaining open to discovery.
Each piece is simply a record of something I found along the way.
“Thank you for being part of this journey.”