Pierfrancesco Celada : I Wish I Knew Your Name, Japan
“During a brief visit to Japan in 2009 I became fascinated by the isolation and loneliness I was feeling on the streets. It started as a personal journey, a foreign traveling in an alien environment. “
“Language and cultural differences were only augmenting this distance between the locals and me. However, while observing people, it was clear that even the indigenous were not able to interact successfully. I decided to come back in 2010 and better visualize these concepts. “
“The Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka Megalopolis, also called Taiheiyo Belt is a unique example of urban agglomeration with an estimated population of over 80 million people. It is only possible to imagine the number of interactions that a person can have with other individuals in a single day. “
“Despite this incredibly high number of chances to interact with people, it seems that society is moving in the opposite direction. “
