Sludge
In Sludge, Yokota pushes the photographic image toward states of density and dissolution. Through repeated re-photographing, scanning and material manipulation, forms appear submerged or partially obscured, as if sinking into a viscous visual matter. The surface of the image becomes thick and heavy, resisting immediate legibility.
The series reflects on the instability of memory and perception. Subjects seem to emerge and recede simultaneously, caught in a process of continuous transformation. Rather than offering clarity, Sludge embraces opacity and distortion, allowing the image to function as a shifting field in which traces accumulate and dissolve. Photography here becomes less a window onto the world and more a sedimented space of uncertainty.
