sisyu uses metal in her work. she makes three-dimensional characters from iron and then bathes them in a soft light that creates characters in the shadow. her work was singled out to represent japan in 2014. the jury awarded her its highest recognition, the gold medal. sisyu also uses state-of-the-art technology in her art. in this multi-media piece, the following characters transform into images representing each character's meme. sisyu also designed the interior of the japan pavilion at the milan expo. the theme is diversity with a common root. on the screen are various phenomena that exist only in the context of the other, such as light and shade and life and death. and on both sides of the wall ar series of paintings made to resemble japan's traditional wood block prints. the sequence of paintings represents how drops of rain begin and finish their lives over the four seasons. sisyu's exhibition has been popular with visitors to the expo. over half a million people have seen it so far. >> tradition and science