NEO-RECOVERY: YUMI
2018-2019. After sharing on Tumblr & adapting for Instagram, the original Recovery Archive has transformed. I have since revisited & corrupted the initial slides, plus supplementary text from my various blogs.
I’ve always been taken with glitch art, digital noise, & the overall “corruption” of imagery — both as an aesthetic & a state of being. The following “chapter” of the neo//RECOVERY Archive is inspired by the classic series Rurouni Kenshin, in particular the 90s anime adaptation. It was a fundamental show to my childhood. I particularly fell in love with the villains, led by the charismatic Makoto Shishio / 志々雄 真実 . His posse included the abused (& I suspect Borderline) character Sojiro Seta / 瀬田 宗次郎 as well as the beautiful Yumi Komagata / 駒形 由美 . Yumi’s dedication & love for Shishio ultimately leads to her demise.
The language follows an ongoing stream of consciousness I shared on my blog, starting from Summer of 2018. I reference the same figure I fixated on to a toxic degree in my Emotional Language series. It was an addiction, blinded by borderline delusion. Living solely for someone else is no way to live — a cursed life, a half life. As my last entries state:
“i am moving on with purpose & gratitude without you. i'm truly free to live for myself now. i am so happy."
