nomoco
Tokyo, Japan
A pigeon visits and perches on a tree in the botanical garden. Inspired by various colours of the earth and some birds, both extinct and still living.
Interview with nomoco
Postfossil: Hello! What is your name and where are you from?
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Hi, my name is nomoco, and I’m from Fukuoka, Japan. I’m currently in Tokyo after 14 years based in London, UK.
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Postfossil: How do you work?
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I mainly work with ink on paper in my studio. Work often happens in unpredictable ways even after careful planning.
Postfossil: What inspires you?
Nature, sound, and everyday life. I’m inspired by all sorts of things!
Postfossil: What are you up to right now?
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I’m currently working on a picture poetry book, and learning lithography. I also started to drink coffee again (great!) and started living with a Dischidia.
Postfossil: How did you start the design process of the flag?
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It originally started by looking into various colours of the earth, such as soil, oceon, forest and creatures. From something around me to something extinct. I experimented with colours, then the flow of water, on different types of paper.
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Postfossil: What do you want to express with your design of the flag?
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I wanted to create a small scene that would be surrounded by the trees in the botanical garden. Inspired by the Choiseul crested pigeon – I imagined a bird, the last of its kind, that flies through time looking for a mate by decorating his crest with various colours of the earth.
Postfossil: What is your wish for the future of the planet?
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For humans to act and care for nature and the environment on the planet as well as each other.
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