Where do we go from here?: Initial Encounters

From the outside, I saw Macro-Japan – its politics, its economy, its culture. The last ten weeks have been an introduction to what it is to be Japanese, from the inside - traditions, attitudes, endurance, gestures, and history. It has shown me how these different conditions create expectations and contradictions within people’s lives, and how that coalesces with more modern and practical needs. The studio sessions have been my introduction to people, away from their environments and their comfort zones. In their homes, I have caught glimpses of their relationships, priorities, and lives lived.

The series is a reflection of this experience. Here is a selection of the work.