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...'

Satori: La Metamorfosis - Vertical

Dawn's Whisper

I’ll be waiting for you | あなたを待っています

Satori: Sunlit Joy - Vertical

Satori: Cerulean Romance - Vertical

Satori: Blossoms - Horizontal

Satori: Monet's Pond

Satori: Monet's Pond - Vertical

Satori: Unleashed Passion - Horizontal

Satori: Richter's Visions - Vertical

Satori: Ephemeral - Vertical

Unforgettable Nights | 忘れられない夜

Electric Pulse | 電気の脈拍

Geisha's Path

Satori: Ephemeral - Horizontal

Satori: Scarlet Geisha - Horizontal

Satori: Unleashed Passion - Vertical

Eternal Winter | 永遠の冬

Kyoto's Autumn Wind

Satori: Ephemeral Chaos - Vertical

Satori: Sakura Breeze - Horizontal

Satori: Starry Echoes

Satori: La Metamorfosis - Horizontal

Sakura's Song

The Girl and the Swan

Heart of Water

Satori: Vincent's Dream

Satori: Scarlet Geisha - Vertical

Satori: Alice's Awakening - Vertical

Satori: Eternal Flame - Vertical

White Flower

Crimson Rain | 深紅の雨

Eternal Spring | 永遠の春

Satori: Serenity in Silence - Vertical

Satori: Midwest - Vertical

Harukaze

Midnight Geisha | 真夜中の芸者

Satori: Blossoms - Vertical

Winter's Romance

Perfect Blue

Satori: Rothko's Serenade - Vertical

Satori: Serenity in Silence - Horizontal

Satori: Alice's Awakening - Horizontal

Satori: Aria - Horizontal

Satori: Vincent's Dream - Vertical

Serenity | 安らぎ

Satori: Spectrum - Vertical

Satori: Cerulean Romance - Horizontal

Satori: Starry Echoes - Vertical

Sacred Echoes

Frozen Bloom | 凍てつく花咲

Daimon

Satori: Eternal Flame - Horizontal

Satori: Richter's Visions - Horizontal

Glimmer

Satori: Aria - Vertical

Whispers in the Snow | 雪のささやき

Kyoto's Eternal Winter | 京都の永遠の冬

Night Dragon | 夜龍

Satori: Mono no aware | 物の哀れ

Satori: Spectrum - Horizontal

Satori: Momentum - Vertical

Snow Flower | 雪の華

Silent Prayer

Satori: Momentum

Satori: Sunlit Joy - Horizontal

Satori: Rothko's Serenade

Silent Veil of Snow

After Dark

Shinsei

Breath of Winter

Eternal | 永遠の

Blue Soul | 青い魂

Tokyo's Midnight | 東京の真夜中

Sacred Wind

Satori: Ephemeral Chaos - Horizontal

Natsukashii

Infinite

Satori: Mono no aware | 物の哀れ - Vertical

Satori: Midwest - Horizontal

Shiro

Eternal Fall

Fading Memories | 薄れゆく思い出

Serendipity | 素敵な偶然