Derech (b. 1990, Mexico) is a multidisciplinary cross-chain artist who has experimented with image-making and storytelling by combining street photography and cinematography. With the use of visual cues, he aims to evoke a similar sensation to that of a movie experience. Inspired by the depth and simplicity of haikus, Derech creates visual reinterpretations that incorporate their basic structure of three lines and seventeen syllables. He reimagined them as three panels and seventeen seconds, which are displayed in parallel and in a perpetual loop, inducing a state of trance. Focusing on creating a world of emotions rather than a specific subject, the artist blends nostalgia, romanticism, and overwhelming beauty. The body of work is an open invitation to allow one's mind to unwind from daily life, and get lost in the now.
'When was the last time that you stood under the rain and felt the gentle touch of a raindrop crashing against your skin? When was the last time that you stopped for a few seconds to just look at life pass and take it all in? The beauty of life relies on those small things that we can easily forget to see due to the fast pace of life, and that’s why my art was born, to give you a space to stop, breathe, and enjoy the fleeting gesture of life in a state of perpetual meditation through the soothing spirit of Japanese daily life with a cinematic touch...'
Frozen Bloom | 凍てつく花咲
Satori: Starry Echoes
Serenity | 安らぎ
Blue Soul | 青い魂
Serendipity | 素敵な偶然
Tokyo's Midnight | 東京の真夜中
Unforgettable Nights | 忘れられない夜
Satori: Vincent's Dream - Vertical
Satori: Momentum
Satori: Mono no aware | 物の哀れ - Vertical
I’ll be waiting for you | あなたを待っています
Eternal Spring | 永遠の春
Eternal | 永遠の
Fading Memories | 薄れゆく思い出
Snow Flower | 雪の華
Night Dragon | 夜龍
Satori: Mono no aware | 物の哀れ
Midnight Geisha | 真夜中の芸者
After Dark
Satori: Starry Echoes - Vertical
Electric Pulse | 電気の脈拍
Satori: Rothko's Serenade - Vertical
Whispers in the Snow | 雪のささやき
Satori: Momentum - Vertical
Kyoto's Eternal Winter | 京都の永遠の冬
Crimson Rain | 深紅の雨
Satori: Vincent's Dream
Satori: Rothko's Serenade
Eternal Winter | 永遠の冬
Satori: Monet's Pond - Vertical
Satori: Monet's Pond