Category: MFA

  • Black Rain 2012

    During the graduation show at Vermont College of Fine Arts on August 1st, 2012, 10 min performance was held in a hanging object which is based on an image of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant after the blast, that brings fear of the man-made disasters into our visual psyche. The performance dealt with artist’s desperation about […]

  • Journal piece (the making of Fat Man (folded))

    sumi ink, ink pen, hemp washi paper, cotton paper (125” x 11”) An accordion-style book/journal shows the process of constructing Fat Man (folded). Detail of the journal: a top thin translucent paper depicting some of the six months’ (translated) correspondence with hibakusha (atomic bomb victims), while showing the notes/process of making the Fat Man piece […]

  • Sketch piece (the making of Little Boy (folded))

          watercolor, gouache, ink pen on 100% cotton paper 18” x 24” some of 35 sketches/mind maps used during a construction of Little Boy (folded). All the 35 sketches contain an image of a figure (self image) wearing the kimono that was used to construct Little Boy (folded).           […]

  • Little Boy (folded) 2011

          kimono, bamboo, ash, hair, ink, baisen mordant dye 24.5″ x 24.5″ x 8′ 11″ A construction/fiber sculpture forms the shape of Little Boy, A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6th, 1945. All the pieces are sewn with hair.                             […]