Hitoshi Kuriyama was born in 1979 in Hyogo, Japan. He earned a Ph.D. in Inter-Media Art from Tokyo University of the Arts (2011). In his works, he explores equivalency in conflicting ideas such as "existence" and "non-existence" or "creation" and "destruction," and demonstrates them from a scientific perspective. He has theorized the hypothesis "0=1" and attempts to prove it through his works. He has participated in numerous exhibitions worldwide such as "data and vision" Aki gallery (Taipei), "0,1, and visions" Venice Project (Venice), "GLASSTRESS 2011" collateral event of the 54th Venice Biennale (Venice), "Drifting Images" BODA (Soul), and "What Dwells Inside" S12 Galleri og Verksted (Bergen).
Polaris (now the North Star), located in the heavens of the North Pole, has been nicknamed the "steadfast star" for being seemingly unaltered in its position as seen from Earth. However, not immune to the forces of the universe, its position relative to Earth really does continue to change minutely over eons. In the work introduced here, the path of Polaris has been reproduced in neon light, simulated as seen from the ground from the past (100,000BC) to the future (100,000AD). The line expresses the position, plotted at increments of 100 years. In doing so, the concepts of "static" and "dynamic" are represented as one in the same.