From the Ruins    2011
tree, stone, hemp string, the view
L.2000cm x W.300cm, dimension variable
Nevelsfjord, Kjerringoy, Bodo, Norway
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KUNST I NATUR BIENNALE 2011]
The land art biennale where artists are invited to Kjerringoy outside Bodo, north of the polar circle, to work with their respective expressions. The artworks are created with only biodegradable or harmness materials, they will return to nature as time passed.

I made the ruins with tree and stone in a grass field surrounded by the high mountains in Nevelsfjord. This is the sight of my home district in Japan which was changed horribly by the earthquake, the tsunami and the nuclear crisis.
You can read the Norwegian phrase "HORER DU MEG?" in the shapes of the whole ruins. It is the first contact from human beings to the great nature in silence after the catastrophe -
"Do you here me? …We'll try to live flexibly as we accompany universal creation."
composite photo
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