Riko Tamekuni
Multidisplinary independent designer, based in Eindhoven, NL.
My Body of Water
⏤ What Bears the Message
2023-24
My Body of Water ⏤ What Bears the Message is an experimental audio essay exploring water as a medium of knowledge and connection to the world. Accompanied by abstract moving images and sounds captured using self-made tools, the project invites us to rethink conventional interpretations of water and its role in shaping our perception, identity, and understanding.Through a journey that intertwines past and present, it delves into the relationship between underwater acoustic technology and the oral traditions of Japan’s indigenous peoples. In this fragmented and reflective narrative, water emerges as a living, ever-changing entity, a natural archive of stories and meanings.The project challenges hierarchical notions of knowledge, urging us to relinquish control and division in favor of a more fluid and interconnected perspective. It is not just about listening to water but about recognizing our place within an interdependent ecosystem—an “entangled bank” where everything exists in mutual reliance.