紀要No.14 原すがね

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弾／彼岸の家
越後妻有　大地の芸術祭
Bullet / Sacred House
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006

原すがね
HARA Sugane

I have participated in the 3^rd Echigo-Tsumari
Art Triennial in Summer 2006. Tsumari is the
most heavy snowfall area in Japan and is also
loosing population so rapidly. Tsumari has been
connected to the earth through agriculture for
1000 years, there are so many sacred landscape,
home and people. But with exodus of young
people and large earthquake, it has been difficult
to maintain the town. What can art do for them?
Everybody doubted about it and I was also
searching the answer. But over 300,000 people
have come to see the art works displayed in the
rice field or closed schools and empty house. I
believe that our hands can create the things much
more wonderful than we could imagine, so I tried
to make my art work with women in Tsumari.