Ilan Derech

Japan

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...'

Electric Pulse | 電気の脈拍

Dawn's Whisper

Satori: Unleashed Passion - Horizontal

I’ll be waiting for you | あなたを待っています

Satori: La Metamorfosis - Vertical

Satori: Sunlit Joy - Vertical

Geisha's Path

Satori: Monet's Pond

Satori: Monet's Pond - Vertical

Satori: Scarlet Geisha - Horizontal

Satori: Cerulean Romance - Vertical

Satori: Unleashed Passion - Vertical

Satori: Ephemeral - Horizontal

Unforgettable Nights | 忘れられない夜

Eternal Winter | 永遠の冬

Satori: Ephemeral - Vertical

Satori: Blossoms - Horizontal

Satori: Sakura Breeze - Horizontal

Satori: Starry Echoes

Satori: Richter's Visions - Vertical

Kyoto's Autumn Wind

Sakura's Song

Heart of Water

The Girl and the Swan

Satori: Vincent's Dream

Satori: Scarlet Geisha - Vertical

Satori: Alice's Awakening - Vertical

Satori: La Metamorfosis - Horizontal

Satori: Ephemeral Chaos - Vertical

Eternal Spring | 永遠の春

White Flower

Satori: Eternal Flame - Vertical

Satori: Serenity in Silence - Vertical

Satori: Midwest - Vertical

Crimson Rain | 深紅の雨

Satori: Blossoms - Vertical

Winter's Romance

Harukaze

Satori: Rothko's Serenade - Vertical

Midnight Geisha | 真夜中の芸者

Satori: Alice's Awakening - Horizontal

Perfect Blue

Satori: Serenity in Silence - Horizontal

Satori: Vincent's Dream - Vertical

Serenity | 安らぎ

Sacred Echoes

Satori: Starry Echoes - Vertical

Satori: Aria - Vertical

Whispers in the Snow | 雪のささやき

Kyoto's Eternal Winter | 京都の永遠の冬

Night Dragon | 夜龍

Satori: Richter's Visions - Horizontal

Satori: Aria - Horizontal

Glimmer

Breath of Winter

Satori: Spectrum - Vertical

Satori: Spectrum - Horizontal

Daimon

Satori: Sunlit Joy - Horizontal

After Dark

Satori: Momentum - Vertical

Satori: Eternal Flame - Horizontal

Frozen Bloom | 凍てつく花咲

Satori: Cerulean Romance - Horizontal

Silent Veil of Snow

Snow Flower | 雪の華

Shinsei

Satori: Rothko's Serenade

Satori: Mono no aware | 物の哀れ

Silent Prayer

Blue Soul | 青い魂

Satori: Momentum

Satori: Ephemeral Chaos - Horizontal

Natsukashii

Sacred Wind

Satori: Mono no aware | 物の哀れ - Vertical

Satori: Midwest - Horizontal

Shiro

Infinite

Eternal Fall

Tokyo's Midnight | 東京の真夜中

Eternal | 永遠の

Fading Memories | 薄れゆく思い出

Serendipity | 素敵な偶然