Year: 2025
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The fear of blindness, and the fear of the glaucoma laser treatment
I always had a great eyesight. My first visit to an optometrist was two years ago when I wanted to know which reading glasses would fit me right. It was 1.25. I went back again this summer. Then I was told that I have a narrow angle and should receive preventative laser treatment for glaucoma. Apparently, it’s caused by…
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2001
2001… wow, that’s twenty-four years ago! One of my old video has been digitalized recently, thanks to Dac. It’s on YouTube. Muku & Box 4minutes. Objects, Animation by Shié Kasai Music by Zipertatou Production year 2001, Montreal QC Canada This video documents a site-specific installation—a miniature space where objects come together to tell a story.…
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A road trip to the north
My husband is originally from Kirkland Lake, Ontario. He decided to take a road trip to revisit and show our daughter and me his childhood town. It’s been thirty years since his last visit to his family’s cottage. It was my first time visiting the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region so far north. It’s about 800km from Montreal,…
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Five-day long weekends
In Quebec, if there were something akin to Japan’s “Golden Week,” it would probably be around June 24th, “Quebec National Holiday,” to July 1st, “Canada Day.” Children’s schools usually finish around June 22nd, marking the start of their two-month-long summer vacation. Thankfully, my workplace has “Summer Fridays.” We get nine Fridays off during the summer,…
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Déjà-vous | Déjà-vu, participating a group show
Déjà-vous | Déjà-vu – an art exhibition 13 mai – 28 juin, 2025 Vernissage 13 mai, 17h – 19h Espace exposition / Exhibit space: Opticien Laoun – St-Denis Adresse: 4012 rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, QC, H2W 2M2 (Coin Duluth) Commissaire kimura byol lemoine About the show and the participants / Download the press release About my…
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I am Japanese, but I don’t know that.
「L’anémone du Japon」The direct translation is “Japanese anemone.” According to Wikipedia, in Japanese it’s called shūmeigiku or kibunegiku. It’s a flower I didn’t know when I lived in Japan. I wasn’t particularly interested in flowers or plants back then. There was a garden at my parents’ house, but I only remember the pussy willow tree.…
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A small side project
During my research for a small project, along the way by chance, I got to know a sewing method called “Framed corner”. This looks pretty cool! I just didn’t know. A great wisdom from the ancestors.
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Work in progress…
Simon’s Return: A Philosophical Reunion After 25 Years (working title) Work in progress… I decided to make a short story about the year of being fifty. This project seems experimental for me as it is a semi-fiction.
Shié Kasai 