Together they have compiled an impressive list of exhibition credits in the United States, Europe, South American and Japan. One can grasp the essence of the ideas in 10 minutes, or spend an hour or so absorbing their ramifications. That is especially true for the largest and most impressive of the major installations, Hanabi Fireworks. People who find video difficult to accept as art will discover that Yonemoto's work conveys the ambiguities and mysteries of time more succinctly than any static medium can. Time is one of his major themes, along with its corollary, memory - and identity, which involves memory.
Few things are more tedious than videos that use too much time or move too slowly through it.
With video, one often has to endure, only to be left frustrated by time squandered. That doesn't happen with Yonemoto. The aesthetic payoff is quick because he doesn't indulge himself and he doesn't waste time. In three of his pieces, the point is made within seconds, and further viewing only amplifies it. Another piece, The Wedding, is essentially open-ended and requires cumulative viewing time, but not to excess.