Our art group,rencon- kumiai (Kumiai means guild or association in Japanese ),
is a collaboration between Hong fromThailand ,and Chihiro from Japan.
During our travels to and from each other's countries, as well as other Asian countries,
We were fascinated by the peace of mind and the bold spirit conveyed by the lotus flower.
Any place we went, standing before a pond entangled with lotus blossoms,
We felt that peacefulness and silence,
together with refreshing breezes that slipped through our bodies.
Whenever the lotus flowers whisper, " It's OK,"
maybe it's the common asian mind that we have somehow lost touch with . . . or so we firmly believe.
So we started our works and opened this home page.
This site will introduce our art works and the art of asia,
especially Thailand and Japan, as it really is, from our point of view.
We also hope that we can send the refreshing breeze that flows around those lotus flowers.
From the feeling of that breeze that they feel and receive from our website,
the two of us dream that someday people will become entwined together
as strongly as the lotus root.
Rencon is lotus root, a popular food that is often eaten in Asia.
There are all sorts of preparations, among them baking ground meat between two pieces,
like a sandwich; or frying it like potato chips ; or boiling it etc...
and Japanese are especially fond of eating rencon during the New Year,
because it has 9-10 holes in the center, which is thought to bring good prospects for the coming year.
rencon -kumiai AIDA CHIHIRO + hong
Mar.2005