Ilan Derech

Japan

Derech (b. 1990, Mexico) is a multidisciplinary cross-chain artist who has experimented with image-making and storytelling by combining street photography and cinematography. With the use of visual cues, he aims to evoke a similar sensation to that of a movie experience. Inspired by the depth and simplicity of haikus, Derech creates visual reinterpretations that incorporate their basic structure of three lines and seventeen syllables. He reimagined them as three panels and seventeen seconds, which are displayed in parallel and in a perpetual loop, inducing a state of trance. Focusing on creating a world of emotions rather than a specific subject, the artist blends nostalgia, romanticism, and overwhelming beauty. The body of work is an open invitation to allow one's mind to unwind from daily life, and get lost in the now.

'When was the last time that you stood under the rain and felt the gentle touch of a raindrop crashing against your skin? When was the last time that you stopped for a few seconds to just look at life pass and take it all in? The beauty of life relies on those small things that we can easily forget to see due to the fast pace of life, and that’s why my art was born, to give you a space to stop, breathe, and enjoy the fleeting gesture of life in a state of perpetual meditation through the soothing spirit of Japanese daily life with a cinematic touch...'

After Dark

Shinsei

Satori: Blossoms - Horizontal

Tokyo's Midnight | 東京の真夜中

Satori: Ephemeral Chaos - Horizontal

Night Dragon | 夜龍

Satori: Starry Echoes - Vertical

Kyoto's Autumn Wind

Breath of Winter

Satori: Mono no aware | 物の哀れ - Vertical

Eternal Fall

Satori: Midwest - Vertical

Heart of Water

Satori: Sakura Breeze - Horizontal

Satori: Scarlet Geisha - Horizontal

Eternal Winter | 永遠の冬

Satori: Starry Echoes

Unforgettable Nights | 忘れられない夜

Dawn's Whisper

Satori: Momentum - Vertical

Satori: Mono no aware | 物の哀れ

Satori: Vincent's Dream - Vertical

White Flower

Silent Prayer

Kyoto's Eternal Winter | 京都の永遠の冬

Satori: Vincent's Dream

Perfect Blue

Geisha's Path

Satori: Unleashed Passion - Vertical

Satori: Aria - Vertical

Blue Soul | 青い魂

Satori: Cerulean Romance - Vertical

Satori: Scarlet Geisha - Vertical

I’ll be waiting for you | あなたを待っています

Satori: Sunlit Joy - Horizontal

Shiro

Infinite

Satori: La Metamorfosis - Horizontal

Frozen Bloom | 凍てつく花咲

Electric Pulse | 電気の脈拍

Natsukashii

Satori: Rothko's Serenade

Satori: Alice's Awakening - Horizontal

Satori: La Metamorfosis - Vertical

Satori: Cerulean Romance - Horizontal

Satori: Ephemeral - Horizontal

Sakura's Song

Satori: Monet's Pond - Vertical

Silent Veil of Snow

Satori: Monet's Pond

Satori: Momentum

Satori: Midwest - Horizontal

Satori: Serenity in Silence - Vertical

Eternal Spring | 永遠の春

Satori: Serenity in Silence - Horizontal

Daimon

Snow Flower | 雪の華

Serenity | 安らぎ

Fading Memories | 薄れゆく思い出

Sacred Echoes

Satori: Ephemeral - Vertical

Satori: Alice's Awakening - Vertical

Midnight Geisha | 真夜中の芸者

Sacred Wind

Satori: Blossoms - Vertical

Satori: Sunlit Joy - Vertical

Whispers in the Snow | 雪のささやき

Eternal | 永遠の

Satori: Richter's Visions - Horizontal

Serendipity | 素敵な偶然

Satori: Unleashed Passion - Horizontal

Satori: Eternal Flame - Vertical

Satori: Spectrum - Horizontal

Crimson Rain | 深紅の雨

Satori: Eternal Flame - Horizontal

Satori: Spectrum - Vertical

Satori: Aria - Horizontal

Satori: Ephemeral Chaos - Vertical

Winter's Romance

Glimmer

Satori: Richter's Visions - Vertical

The Girl and the Swan

Satori: Rothko's Serenade - Vertical

Harukaze