The Poetry of Salt and Memory In the delicate, crystalline labyrinths created by Motoi Yamamoto, one finds a profound meditation on the ephemeral nature of existence. Born in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Yamamoto has developed a practice that transcends traditional boundaries, blending installation, painting, and drawing into a singular, ritualistic experience. His work is not merely an aesthetic pursuit but a deeply personal response to loss. The genesis of his unique medium—salt—is rooted in the profound grief following the death of his sister from a brain tumor in 1994, and later, the passing of…