Contemporary Artist, OHYA RIca.(Japan) "Site-specific" and "time-specific" works in Nature.
Boat of Pankratius 2
Aug.2012 Gmuend in Kaernten, AUSTRIA 16m(L) 2.5m(W) 3.5m(H) wood branch grass moss dried-flower
Boat of Pankratius
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Dating back to the Middle Ages A young couple fell in love Beyond the social barrier Forbidden love In darkest nights, Pankratius set out on his boat To meet her, while no one noticed Navigated only by the dim candle light from her window One night, a sudden storm blew off the candlelight. Losing the way, Pankratius was swallowed by turbulent waves and finally died. On the place where his crushed boat was found, Grieving lover built a church. This sad folk story about the origin of the church Is still alive in the minds of people living here in Gmuend |
Now, it’s summer several hundreds of years since then On the legendry site, I create a boat, a crushed boat Looking up at the ruins of the Middle Ages But, the boat no longer symbolizes tragedy Over his enthusiastic adoration and her desperate grief, Here, “Time” alone silently governs. In the passage of “Time”, Everything is ephemeral |