Konoike continues to address fundamental questions about art through mediums such as painting, sculpture, cinematography, animation, and narrative. In recent years, her works have incorporated new methods inspired by the people, languages, natural environments, and wildlife that she encounters in her travels. Her work for this exhibition, From Takamatsu to Echizen Leather Black Kite, was created by sewing together split leather from cowhides. Exposed to the elements, left bare to the ravages of the sun and the rain, the work explores questions surrounding the relationship between materials and crafts and the fundamental question of what it means to live in this region.