The book "The Absent City" written by Piglia tells story around an Story Machine. The unmentioned historical background in the book mirrors the reality that the author, Piglia, seeks to portray. To convey it without censorship, he presents fragmented versions of stories. Each version supplements the absent elements in the others.

To communicate my concept of "finding the absence," I decided to extract key parts and create a "casebook," allowing readers to act as detectives and gain a deeper understanding. Inspired by the Archive, I included different information (letters, stories, diary, medical report, etc.) that reflect the plot in my casebook. I provided some original text as well as my own writing in those varies formates.

                 

This series explores the transformation of matter and the impermanence of life.

Bob Dylan once said, “No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.” In ancient China, true freedom was described as “sharing one’s body with the sky and the earth.” Do we really possess free will, or are our choices and emotions governed by the reward system — a cycle of pleasure and desire that endlessly drives us to seek more?