cut / exposed / sun-dried
Radish
Observed January 31, 2015
Surface lines rise as the body bends. The original vegetable becomes a light, curled structure.
Drying is a sequence, not a result.
Process Log 001-020 DRIED follows ordinary objects as they lose water, weight, color, volume, softness, and certainty. Each object is treated as a temporary state inside a longer material event.
wet
soft
shrinking
rigid
unknown
fluid / stretched / collapsed
Slime
Observed October 22, 2015
A soft artificial body changes without a clear skin. It behaves less like an object and more like a temporary condition.
solid / split / cracked
Rice Cake
Observed September 26, 2015
Cracks appear as the quiet record of internal tension. The surface writes before the material breaks.
fruit / sugar / dense skin
Fig
Observed July 6, 2014
Moisture leaves slowly. The surface becomes heavy with wrinkles, sugar, and a color close to skin.
cap / wrinkle / lightness
Shiitake
Observed July 6, 2014
A soft brown volume turns into a thin shell. Its weight disappears while its folds remain visible.
grain / hard / translucent
Corn
Observed April 8, 2015
The grains become smaller and harder. Space appears between each part of the former collection.
crushed / dried / flattened
Tomato Stem
Observed March 4, 2014
A small three-dimensional part is pressed into a plane. Drying records the movement from volume to surface.
stored / grown / reduced
Carrot
Observed September 17, 2014
Kept in a refrigerator for half a year. Leaves grew from its own moisture while the body became smaller, paler, and dry.
frozen / split / suspended
Banana
Observed July 21, 2015
The skin darkens and opens. Hanging turns the fruit into an object caught between food and remainder.
found / already dry / clustered
Beans
Observed January 17, 2015
A group of dry pods gathers on a branch. The object begins as something already after moisture.
sliced / thinned / patterned
Sliced Vegetables
Observed March 17, 2015
The thinner the material becomes, the more its structure appears. Skin, fibers, and wrinkles form a small system.
root / leaf / stem / branch
Plant Remains
Observed July 21, 2014
What is usually removed becomes the main body. Dryness turns fragments into lines, hooks, and small architectural parts.
fresh / humid / beginning
Plum
Observed June 30, 2015
A wet fruit appears before the transformation begins. Dryness is present only as a future condition.
named dry / folded / edible
Dried Wakame
Observed July 6, 2014
An object with dryness already in its name. It begins where most studies are trying to arrive.
shell / twist / remaining form
Beans 2
Observed May 11, 2015
A dry pod twists into a shape that looks made, though it comes from the material's own loss.
harvested / left over / drying
Edamame Stems and Roots
Observed September 18, 2015
The desired food is removed. Stem and root continue toward dryness as the remaining structure.
sealed / opened / evaporating
Wet Towel
Observed October 20, 2015
A package holds wetness as a product state. Once opened, the material returns to drying.
wet / twisted / fixed
Wrung Cloth
Observed July 20, 2014
An unconscious gesture becomes permanent. The cloth dries into evidence of force rather than into a neutral shape.
dry / wet / dry again
Tea Bag
Observed February 15, 2015
A dry object becomes wet, then dries into another body. Color, scent, and form drift away from the original state.
coated / drying / artificial skin
Painted Slipper
Observed February 15, 2015
Paint adds another wet layer to an ordinary object. Drying becomes a surface operation rather than a natural process.
Index of states
About DRIED
DRIED is a project that observes the uneven expressions produced when ordinary objects are altered by drying, shrinking, hardening, cracking, and time.
Rather than treating the works as finished objects, this site presents them as states inside a longer sequence of material change.
Director: Nobuhiro Sato / 1212/hitotsuhitotsu