Taketo Muroi - The Silent Orders 6

Technique: Promptography on fine art paper
Image size: 45 x 30 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
Year: 2025

The Silent Orders 6

With The Silent Orders 6, Taketo Muroi shifts the series' focus decisively from the object to existence itself. Whereas order previously appeared as a cosmic sequence, a geological opening, a technical system, and a ritual symbol, now a single human figure enters the picture – isolated, upright, almost dematerialized.

The figure does not stand on solid ground, but appears to float in an undefined, light-filled space. Its reflection below is incomplete, distorted, almost dissolved. Order here is no longer an external framework, but a fragile inner state. The body follows no movement, no goal – it remains still. This stillness does not appear passive, but highly concentrated.

The vertical light trail on the left—a quiet, precise intervention—suggests an act of placement: a mark, an impulse, perhaps a command. But unlike in earlier works, this impulse remains without consequence. The figure does not react. Order exists, but it compels nothing. It is perceived, not acted upon.

In contrast to The Silent Orders 5 , where order appeared as a poetic gesture, here it becomes an existential challenge: How does the individual relate to an order that neither explains, nor speaks, nor acts? The AI ​​formulates this question with radical reduction. No narrative, no context, no environment – ​​only presence in space.

The Silent Orders 6 is thus one of the quietest and most compelling works in the series. Order no longer appears as the structure of the world, but as a silent touchstone of the individual. An order that doesn't tell us what to do – but asks whether we can stand still.