As a child, Akari Takenobu says she was confronted with the supernatural on a daily basis. This unsettling experience shaped the way she relates to her work as an artist. She’s had to develop a complex process in order to give shape to this mystery. After winning this year’s Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents, she puts into words for us what she explores through her work: what it was like to live among the spirits, and how does one relate to the unknown.
What was it like to grow up in a haunted house?
