An invisible village as a landmark

An invisible village as a landmark / 2012 / a hut-2500×50×h.1500mm、a farmer woman-1300×50×h.1400mm, Bonfire-1200×50×h.2000mm, a wolf-1000×50×h.700、a farmer man 800×50×1100 (Vew of the part of installation,12 sculpture in total ) /print on the aluminum, Farming implement
/The Instalation view of “ Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2012”
Invisible Sculpture” is a series of sculptures printed with photographs of the background that assimilate into the landscape.
The sculptures, made by transferring photographs of the background onto metal objects representing everyday life in the satoyama (farm women, bonfires, dogs, huts, tractors, etc.) and imaginary objects, seem to blend in and seem to disappear from the scene. While assimilating into the landscape, the “sculptures” evoke various invisible elements of the landscape, such as the time that has passed, the lives that once existed, and the people who have been involved in the past. At the same time, the sculpture, as a cutout of time, resonates with the changing landscape, generating various time axes.

Photo – O.Nakamura