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“Connected World – Episode 2” by Electronic Art & Spherical Photographer Eri Hirachi
📍 Location: Kimura Construction – Workshop Space
544-0003 Osaka City, Ikuno-ku, Shoji Higashi 2-20-25
🗓️ Dates:
Nov 15 (Sat) – 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM 🍸 On Nov 15, the bar will be open!
Nov 16 (Sun) – 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
🎟️ Admission: 500 yen (Free for high school students and younger)
🚇 Access:
3-minute walk south from Exit 3 of Shoji Station (Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line)
🚗 By car:
From the Uchi-Kanjo Line, go straight southeast from the Shoji intersection (one-way street).
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Born and raised in 1983 in Kawachinagano, Osaka.
After graduating from junior high school, I enrolled in a fashion vocational high school but dropped out due to various circumstances. After leaving school, I worked in various fields, including automobile body repair, bakery work, and electronic component manufacturing.
In 2016, I met Katsu Ishida at SYSTEMA GALLERY, which led me to start working as an electronic craft sphere photographer and electrical sculptor, actively creating both domestically and internationally.
How I got into the art world？
I am an Electronic Sphere Photographer, but I used to dislike both photography and electronics.
My father loved cameras and taking photos. Most of my memories of him involve him constantly taking pictures. Watching him, I felt embarrassed. I hated both being photographed and taking pictures.
Ironically, before I knew it, I had started taking photos myself. At first, they were just poorly taken snapshots.
I visited a gallery because an acquaintance was exhibiting in a group show. There, I met Katsushi Ishida. He said to me, “If you’re taking photos, then create something.” That was the moment my creative journey began.
Later, I was diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). It was difficult for me to accept, and I struggled a lot.
Despite this, I worked various jobs while pursuing my art as a side career. I thought I was stress-resistant, but my health gradually declined. Eventually, I developed depression and resigned from my job in January 2025.
About my art work
The main themes of my work are connections, the world as I see it, vessels and souls, light and sound, and spheres.
I used to shoot with a DSLR camera, but I often felt that what I captured was different from what I actually saw. This made me sad, so I eventually gave up on using a DSLR.
Among all the cameras I tried, a 360-degree camera was the closest to how I perceive the world. I combined its unique visual perspective with my admiration for sound, my self-taught knowledge of electronics, sculpting techniques, photography skills, and transfer printing methods. By connecting these elements, I refined and elevated them into what my work is today.
There is something else I recently started—I actually always wanted to be a musician.
I took Electone lessons for over ten years, but I never improved. No matter what instrument I practiced for years, I couldn’t get any better. I can’t sing well, and I have no sense of rhythm.
However, I always liked writing lyrics. In a way, my lyrics are like a collection of meaningless diary entries that have piled up over time. I wanted to organize them and find a way to express them, so in late January 2025, I finally turned to AI-generated music.
I write the lyrics, while AI composes and sings the songs. I started this project under the name Erii05 (Eri Zero Five) in January 2025.
【October 2017. My artwork is posted on a website called fidelio in Hungary. (Art Market Budapest)】
【No.6 ASA NO HA（第６号 麻の葉）】
It was published in a section column “麻の華（ASA NO HANA）" in the journal of the Kansai Traditional Performing Arts Women’s Style Promotion Association.
Affordable Art Fair Milano 2020(Milano,Italy/ Systema gallery)
Interview article
