Chronicle Void is a photobook that brings together Miyata’s latest project, developed from her childhood photo albums and created by layering photographs she took herself with AI-generated images. The work draws on representations of women in Japanese pop culture and the visual environment embedded in everyday life.
The images reference elements commonly found in Japanese visual culture, such as anti-groping warning signs and the personification of weapons as young female characters. At the same time, they visualize the layered gaze directed at Japanese women—one shaped by both Japanese and Western ideals, as described in the artist’s statement.
In this book, photographs and AI-generated images are not presented separately but merged into single compositions. Within these layered images, personal memory and social structures intersect.
Publisher: Art Beat Publishers supported by FUJIXEROX
Publication date: December 2025
Size: 318 x 236 mm
Pages: 84 pages
Eriko Miyata is an artist who has received numerous awards, including the Japan Photo Award “Antonio Scoccimarro Prize,” the Ina Nobuo Award, and the Runner-up Grand Prize at TOKYO FRONTLINE PHOTO AWARD. Her work has been presented internationally, including exhibitions at HEK (House of Electronic Arts) in Basel, and continues to be shown both in Japan and abroad.
