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Yuichiro Katsumoto: We Forge the Chains We Wear in Life

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    We Forge the Chains We Wear in Life

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    ?We forge the chains we wear in life? is an aphorism by Charles Dickens. This chain is a metaphor for heavy and unbreakable things that bind our ideas and emotions. That is, words that tend to possess our minds and souls can also become chains. This inspired me to create a device that forms letters with chains. The device automatically writes the above aphorism as the work title. When the device finishes writing, the words are deconstructed, the letters return to the chains, and blanks remain. Then, the automatic writing begins again.