Cpntemporary Artist, OHYA RIca.(Japan) "Site-specific" and "time-specific" works in Nature.
Heading for the Sunset
2007 Nov 3-Nov.18 Abiko, Chiba-ken, JAPAN
Abiko International Open-air Art Exhibition
mud straw branch bamboo 4.5m(L) 1.4m(W) 2m(H)
Heading for the Sunset
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I will make a boat with mud, straws and branches picked up in this rice field The boat of mud, ready to collapse Load everything into the boat - civilizations, histories, and wealth that mankind has so far drudgingly built up The listing mud-boat, ready to sink To return all to the sun that is going down beyond the horizon Involved in the irresistible stream, mankind is as ephemeral as this mud-boat We temporarily shroud ourselves in a visible form called mortal body Why is it so hard for us to set ourselves free from the material world? Now, the mud-boat is just setting sail As the sun is gradually losing its brightness Only the bow is highlighted in the dimming light of the sun |