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Seeking a Wild Tree
在城市里，寻找一棵野生的树In Japanese culture, iki (粋) represents an urban aesthetic that balances restraint and complexity, reflecting the delicate relationship between nature and the built environment. This principle is evident in Tokyo, where human intervention shapes the natural world to suit urban preferences. People “control” nature by pruning trees, altering their forms, and even changing their gender to match aesthetic or social ideals. This practice has come to symbolize social status and wealth, as the meticulous care of plants is perceived as a mark of distinction.
However, these interventions strip plants of their natural essence. Instead of growing freely, they are sculpted to fit an urban aesthetic, becoming decorative elements. In areas that are not pruned, plants begin to grow freely and in turn invade the surrounding human structures. This contrast reflects varying levels of human control over nature.
Through my exploration of this aesthetics via photography, I aim not only to capture the physical appearance of the city, but also examine how the state of urban plants reveals the subtle hierarchies that define Japanese social structures.
在日本文化中，“粋”（Iki）代表着一种克制与繁复并存的都市美学，这种美学折射出自然与人工环境之间微妙的关系。东京这座城市生动诠释着这种理念——人类通过对自然物的干预塑造符合城市审美的景观。人们修剪枝桠以重构树木形态，甚至通过嫁接改变其生物性别，这些被精心编排的"自然"已成为身份与财富的象征符号，对植物的驯化程度暗示着持有者的社会地位。
然而这种美学实践本质上是对植物生命本真的剥夺。当树木不再遵循自然节律野蛮生长，沦为被规训的装饰元素时，那些未经修剪的区域便形成有趣的对照：肆意蔓延的枝干开始反向侵蚀人类构筑的秩序。这种双向的角力恰好构成测量人工干预程度的标尺。
作品不仅试图在观察东京这座城市的城市景观，更旨在解构植物生存状态所代表的隐性社会层级——那些在东京钢筋丛林里悄然生长的枝桠，正以独特的形态和语
言，诉说着一个超现代都市荒诞且现实的阶级寓言。