Secondary Nature
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Secondary Nature (2012-20)I examine human interaction with the landscape- the ways that we alter, mediate, engage with and represent it. Much of the series is focused on the built environment, including the intricate systems that act to limit the destructive natural forces of volcanic sites in the Japanese archipelago, Hawai'i, and the Azores. These islands share an infrastructure that is conspicuously engineered and endemic to regions besieged by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, landslides, and tsunamis.
The images simultaneously reference the manipulation of nature while acknowledging the forces of nature- undersea volcanoes creating islands that appear and disappear; precariously fragile ground and shifting lava beds; geothermal vents and pools. My recent focus has shifted to question these natural forces, framing new work through the lens of a rapidly changing climate. -
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火の山のわが丈を越す草いきれ
Fire mountain
Taller than I am
Hot grass
万緑や射抜かるるべく的置かれ
Vast green and
Soon to be pierced
Targets placed
Takaha Shugyo (1930- )
This haiku inscription is carved in stone and appears at the summit of a 580 meter dormant volcano in the Izu Peninsula on the southeastern coast of Japan. As a shrine and popular pilgrimage site, Mt. Omuro harbors a lush, green archery field inside a dormant volcano. On the second Sunday each February, the interior and exterior grass is set ablaze, an occurrence that has taken place every year for the past seven hundred years. Produced on a series of islands over the course of a decade, Borrowed Views and Secondary Nature coalesced during a year-long sabbatical based in Fujisawa, Japan. A subset of the series focuses on the changing seasons at Mt. Omuro. The adaptation of this volcano into a pilgrimage site mirrors the historic 53 Stations of the Tokaido, which passed through this area of the Izu Peninsula south of Edo (Tokyo).
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Mount Aso (safe house) Kumamoto Prefecture -
Secondary Nature (2012-20)I examine human interaction with the landscape- the ways that we alter, mediate, engage with and represent it. Much of the series is focused on the built environment, including the intricate systems that act to limit the destructive natural forces of volcanic sites in the Japanese archipelago, Hawai'i, and the Azores. These islands share an infrastructure that is conspicuously engineered and endemic to regions besieged by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, landslides, and tsunamis.
The images simultaneously reference the manipulation of nature while acknowledging the forces of nature- undersea volcanoes creating islands that appear and disappear; precariously fragile ground and shifting lava beds; geothermal vents and pools. My recent focus has shifted to question these natural forces, framing new work through the lens of a rapidly changing climate. -
Installation view, Secondary Nature @ Northlight Gallery -
Monumento Natural e Regional da Caldeira Velha, Sao Miguel
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Landslide, Piscina Natural da Ponta da Ferraria, Sao Miguel
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Geothermal, Piscina Natural da Ponta da Ferraria, Sao Miguel -
Hydro, Piscina Natural da Ponta da Ferraria, Sao Miguel
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Enoshima (south), Kanagawa Prefecture -
Untitled (Naoshima), Kagawa Prefecture -
Praia de Monte Clerigo, Aljezur -
Untitled (web), Olive Rd -
Ka'a'awa, Oahu
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Hickam AFB, Oahu
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火の山のわが丈を越す草いきれ
Fire mountain
Taller than I am
Hot grass
万緑や射抜かるるべく的置かれ
Vast green and
Soon to be pierced
Targets placed
Takaha Shugyo (1930- )
This haiku inscription is carved in stone and appears at the summit of a 580 meter dormant volcano in the Izu Peninsula on the southeastern coast of Japan. As a shrine and popular pilgrimage site, Mt. Omuro harbors a lush, green archery field inside a dormant volcano. On the second Sunday each February, the interior and exterior grass is set ablaze, an occurrence that has taken place every year for the past seven hundred years. Produced on a series of islands over the course of a decade, Borrowed Views and Secondary Nature coalesced during a year-long sabbatical based in Fujisawa, Japan. A subset of the series focuses on the changing seasons at Mt. Omuro. The adaptation of this volcano into a pilgrimage site mirrors the historic 53 Stations of the Tokaido, which passed through this area of the Izu Peninsula south of Edo (Tokyo).
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Mt. Omuro (april), Shizuoka Prefecture -
Mt. Omuro (yamayaki), Shizuoka Prefecture -
Mt. Omuro (haze), Shizuoka Prefecture -
Mt.Omuro (burn), Shizuoka Prefecture
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Mt. Omuro (targets), Shizuoka Prefecture -
Mt. Omuro (fall) Shizuoka Prefecture
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Mt. Omuro (post-burn), Shizuoka Prefecture -
Mount Aso (cauldron) Kumamoto Prefecture -
Enoshima (island) Kanagawa Prefecture -
Fujisawa (wrap), Kanagawa Prefecture -
Enoshima (ladders) Kanagawa Prefecture -
Aftermath (typhoon) Kanagawa Prefecture -
Fujisawa (ending), Kanagawa Prefecture -
Kokedera (moss garden), Kyoto Prefecture -
21st Century, Ishikawa Prefecture -
Omikuji (prayer tree), Kanazawa Prefecture -
Suizenji Garden (jima), Kumamoto Prefecture -
148 days, Kagawa Prefecture -
Suizenji Garden (Fujisan)), Kumamoto Prefecture -
Mt. Aso (shelter) Kumamoto Prefecture -
Mt. Aso (walkway) Kumamoto Prefecture -
Mt. Aso (cairn) Kumamoto Prefecture -
Mt. Aso (mountain) Kumamoto Prefecture