Shinji Murakami

While Murakami does not believe that profound human understanding has caught up to the explosive evolution of modern computer technology, he does have faith that humans are capable of love for others. The pixelated expressions of 8-bit video games at the root of his work, which are one withered part of this evolutionary process, speak to our child selves, a time when love was not so hard and we were never afraid to share it with those around us regardless of race, age, gender, background or creed. Murakami interrogates lateral thinking of this pixel, and with Heart and Sparkles, he calls upon us to do the same with love and beauty.


