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Art: Miyu Kojima Creates Miniature Replicas of Lonely Deaths

Today I discovered the work of Miyu Kojima, a Japanese artist who makes beautifully detailed miniature dioramas of rooms in which people have died lonely deaths, a phenomenon called... #miyukojima #miniatures #kodokushi #death #japaneseart #13thfloor #13thFloor

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Miyu Kojima Creates Miniature Replicas of Lonely Deaths

Twenty six-year old Miyu Kojima works for a company that cleans up after kodokushi (孤独死) or lonely deaths: a Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time. The instances first began to be reported around 2000, and are thought to be a product of increa

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Artist creates miniature replicas of the rooms of Japan's "lonely deaths" https://boingboing.net/2018/10/11/kodokushi.html #socialisolation #arttherapy #MiyuKojima #kodokushi #sculpture #Japan #Post #art #孤独死
Artist creates miniature replicas of the rooms of Japan's "lonely deaths"

Japanese artist Miyu Kojima’s dayjob is cleaning up apartments whose occupants have died “lonely deaths” (kodokushi/孤独死), where someone socially isolated declines unnoticed for mo…

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