security cicada ｜ 2023
video, dead cicada, security buzzer, cicada wing, cicada's shell, crow feather, styrofoam, insect pin, security cicada (plastic, recording/playback device, piezoelectric speaker, battery, flat polyester braid, clasp)

A large number of "security cicadas" are sounding in the exhibition space. The sounds differ from individual to individual, indicating that they are human voices blown into them by various people. The "security cicada" is a voice that is played back repeatedly. Therefore, it emits a sound like a security buzzer or a cicada. In the exhibition space, a former junior high school science lab, the sound of the "security cicada" echoed through the space, and various stories overlapped.
In Japan, children and young women carry security buzzers. About cicadas and security buzzers. --Cicadas and security buzzers both sound loudly. Cicadas make a "scream" when caught by predators. The buzzer shouts the "scream" on behalf of its owner. Security buzzers protect the weak. A person who does not have a security buzzer is weaker than a person who has one. Cicadas are weaker than humans. Cicada larvae and adult females cannot buzz. Security buzzers are often carried by children and adult women…

Photo: Osamu Nakamura
Photo courtesy: YUI-PORT (Niigata City Center for Creative Arts and International Youth Exchange)