Toshiaki Mori digitally splices photographs of Japanese cityscapes, everyday objects and fragments of text in collages that evoke the paintings of William S. Burroughs. Mori's book, which he refers to as "On the Road in a Hazy Mood," is a visual homage to Jack Kerouac's famous work.
In channeling [Jack] Kerouac, Mori is trying to find a path to a fresh kind of authenticity through looser, more spontaneous artistic thinking. His collages embody our cacophonous contemporary rhythms, with the kind of energy and freewheeling vitality Kerouac himself might have appreciated.--Loring Knoblauch "Collector Daily"