This project deals with the time I've lost. I fled Okinawa to live in London for 12 years. Even though I had a domicile both in Okinawa and London, I couldn't say I existed on both sides. To remedy this lack of existence on Okinawa, I meet and talk with the inhabitants, who spend their time here while I was absent. This installation is a construction of sounds and words made in those conversations. A work expressing my identity as Uchinanchu, the traditions and culture and the problems of this island.
A big part of this installation is the exhibition site. My father was a carpenter who tried to build his own house to live there with his family. For several reasons he never accomplished it and the house remained in this incomplete state for over 30 years. My father died four years ago and the house slowly reprobated over time. I chose this peaceful house I inherited from my father to quietly face my okinawan identity.

artist bio

1970 born in Sashiki (today's Nanjo)
1996 resettled to England
2007 MA printmaking doctoral level, University of Arts London
2006 Deptford Opening (panel selected) A.P.T. gallery Deptford London
2007 Cafe gallery, Southwark Park, London
2008 Group exhibition "B-Liners", James Taylor Building, Hackney, London