Hagakure Dub

“Hagakure Dub” depicts a serpent-like presence standing behind a woman — not as a mere symbol, but as Hagakure itself. At first it seems to stir, yet soon it settles into immovable stillness. Enveloped in the austere reverberations of dub, the woman departs with two mysterious creatures as her companions. The title “Hagakure” (葉隠) refers to the classic text of bushidō (武士道), known for its meditations on impermanence and the resolve to live through death. Yet the word also derives from the image of a warrior hiding beneath the leaves, and by extension suggests a state of modesty and invisibility. This work resonates with that philosophy, intertwining Japanese stoic aesthetics with the stripped-down, echoing austerity of dub. AI generated sound and AI remixed voice by All-AI-Ⅱ(udio)