Sapporo residency
In 2019 I was invited to visit Japan for a one month residency as a guest of S'Air in Sapporo, a wonderful opportunity to reflect on nuclear power in an international context .It was fortuitous to have the chance build on my connections with Japan, already been established whilst Hitachi were still planning to build their next nuclear power station on my doorstep.
In Japan I was taken on visits to sites that resonated with my interests in nuclear power and archaeology as well as a crash course introduction to Japanese art. I managed to fit in a visit to an advanced fusion research centre as well as hot springs, Shinto shrines, Jomon remains and archives as well as a guided visit around Fukushima with a journalist I had met back home. It was a very intense month, all the more so as I was required to make an exhibition at the end of it.
The exhibition allowed me to make links and contrasts between the different cultures. Work included a video,a slide set around language and ambiguity, which later became a book and an installation of digital prints called 36 Views of Wylfa after Hokusai'.
In Japan I was taken on visits to sites that resonated with my interests in nuclear power and archaeology as well as a crash course introduction to Japanese art. I managed to fit in a visit to an advanced fusion research centre as well as hot springs, Shinto shrines, Jomon remains and archives as well as a guided visit around Fukushima with a journalist I had met back home. It was a very intense month, all the more so as I was required to make an exhibition at the end of it.
The exhibition allowed me to make links and contrasts between the different cultures. Work included a video,a slide set around language and ambiguity, which later became a book and an installation of digital prints called 36 Views of Wylfa after Hokusai'.
