The work of Tatsuo Miyajima investigates about the uncertainty of life and the philosophy of Buddhism through performance art. He uses number as his main character as he assumes that they are inorganic thus there is no emotion within.
The concise message which the artist attempts to deliver is clear once you finish visiting the gallery. Number, sequence, pattern, color and flashing are all associated through the exhibition. One of the series, entitled “Keep Changing”, depicts the cycle of life/ reincarnation in number and 5 colors which is suggested as five elements in Buddhism. Wind, water, fire, earth and sky are considered to be the substances of all life. The different speeds of the numbers and the changing colors gives the visitor a profoundly powerful impression.