With 'Imitatism' Hidenori Mitsue explores at FLAT_land his conscious appropriation of ‘the superficiality’, which he considers a contemporary Japanese behavior characteristic. What is the personal character, or individual background for his working methodology as a Japanese painter? While using paint as the medium to reflect these ideas he made four new works while staying in Delft. However, his residency was not an act nor performance to obtain a result nor just a search for answers, rather a ‘trip’ for one Japanese in the world of the art. www