2025, Inkjet print, diorama clay, styrene board, etc.
Rotary snowplows and dump trucks clearing and transporting snow bear a resemblance to harvesters gathering grass in open fields. The agricultural land, divided into long strips to accommodate heavy machinery, evokes the image of a planned city where straight roads intersect in a grid.
Focusing on the interrelations between machines, human labor, and the shape of the land, this work constructs an imaginary landscape that overlaps multiple real-world structures. The images used are sourced from public archives of Sapporo City and photographs of agricultural areas taken by officials of Hokkaido’s Department of Agriculture, which are made available online as public domain materials.
Photo: Tsuyoshi Asakura
Photo: Tsuyoshi Asakura
Photo: Tsuyoshi Asakura
Exhibition:
“yukidokeru” Sapporo Odori 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery
Work Image credits:
Central lower wall:
Sapporo City Archives
All other wall images:
“Real Materials of Agriculture and Rural Areas: Livestock Photography Collection”
Department of Agricultural Policy, Hokkaido Government
https://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/ns/nsi/real/chikusan.html
Floor:
“A Glimpse of History, ca. 1960 – 100 Years of Flood Control”
Sapporo Development and Construction Department, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau
https://www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/sp/kasen_keikaku/e9fjd60000000laj.html
Last accessed: January 8, 2025