Okinawan-born Futoshi Miyagi, working mainly with photographic media, transforms everyday events into experiences of art. The motives vary: things as small as Okinawan flower beetle or a stick of American gum; a tea bag being put into hot water; a photograph kept in someone’s wallet; a teacup broken by the earthquake; or a love letter written on a paper plane, attempted to (yet never carried out) send over the fence of the military base in Okinawa. His works are often accompanied by fragmental texts, bringing out a special narrative as a whole. Besides photographs, he employs various media, including collages and installations to present mementos of the time that is gone.
The artist book “new message” presents a collection of the works Miyagi has created until now. The photographs and texts are carefully woven, through which a new narrative emerges. They are small revelations hidden in the everyday, which are like a new messages that reach you continuously.