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This work is a video piece where, within a one-minute time limit, I irregularly record the "last words" (testament) that I want to leave at that moment when I feel the need to preserve memories and emotions. It's a lifelong project, and I intend to continue recording until I die. 
I plan to play this video at my funeral. Additionally, intentional audio deletions are made in the footage, as it contains content that cannot be disclosed during my lifetime.

One minute is too short and tasteless as a final message. At the end of a human life, despite wanting to preserve everything important, it's impossible. Even if something important can be preserved, other important things will be left out. I want to resist this dilemma of the last words, even if just a little.
This project began when a friend passed away, but sadly, over the years of recording, there have been more and more close people who passed away at a young age. Lately, every time I film this project, it becomes a time to remember them. For me, this project makes me realize something until the end of my life.

 As a side note, my ideal is to continue recording until I am an old person taking the video, and for people around me to sarcastically say, "Oh, that person was still alive?"
 

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この作品は、その瞬間の記憶や感情を残したいと感じた時に、1分の制限時間の中で、私がその時点で残したいと考える”最期の言葉”（遺言）を不定期に記録し続ける映像作品。ライフワークとして死ぬまで記録を続け、私の葬式でこのビデオを流したいと考えている。

また、映像の中で意図的に音声削除の編集箇所があるが、それは私の存命中には公開することができない内容の為。

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​１分という時間は最期のメッセージとしてはあまりに短く味気ない。人間の終わりは、全ての大切なことを残したくても残せない。何か1つだけ大切な事が残せたとしても、他の大切な何かは抜け落ちてしまう。私は最期の言葉というジレンマに対して、少しだけ抗ってみたいと思う。
 

余談だが、私の理想は、年老いてこのビデオをとっている老人の私に対して周囲の人々が、『あの人まだ生きていたんだ』と皮肉を言われるくらいまで、記録を取り続けることだ。
 

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