interview
by OLIVIER ZAHM
portrait by CHIKASHI SUZUKI
artworks by MARIKO MORI
Her prismatic art triggers a paradigm shift, promoting a symbiotic union of nature, light, and technology, and inspiring a new age realm.
OLIVIER ZAHM — I’ve been looking at your work, and I find it’s becoming deeper and more interesting. It fits with the idea of revolution because we’re in a period of fear and transformation, and I believe that artists can help us to discover new directions. You yourself have taken a radical new direction in your work since the ’90s, right? You went from manga-inspired artworks, a bit pop and futuristic — I remember the cover of Purple in 1994/’95 — to a more peaceful, abstract, and almost scientific direction. One of my first surprises was seeing your…