Hakama Paintings is an ongoing art project in which I explore the intersections and intermodality of different art forms. The movements of kendo, a martial art, are transformed into paintings that seek to capture energy, motion, and physical presence in visual form.
I become the brush, and the dojo becomes the canvas
The works emerge as performative acts in which my body becomes the painting instrument. I dip my kendo training garment, the hakama, in paint, thereby transforming myself into a brush, while the dojo — the practice space of kendo — becomes the canvas. In this way, the works situate themselves at the threshold of painting and performance art, where corporeal trace and spatial experience are interwoven into visual expression.
Pictures and video by Taavetti Alin