"Ghosts Stories"
Performance and installation
"Simposio International De Escultura Mexico-Japan",
Chiapa de Corso, Chiapas, Mexico,
February 1997
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In Chiapas there was a tension going on that seems to hover in the air as it is not so visible but for some military always loitering around with their rifles ever ready slinged around their shoulders in the vicinity of official buildings and offices. Later investigations reveal that there were incidents of violence and encounters with rebels that were said to be the men of the Zapatistas, or the Zapatistas Army of National Liberation. It is a revolutionary leftist political and militant group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.
I was invited to participate in the sculpture symposium that was organized by the Japanese sculptors living in Mexico and the event was held to commemorate the 100 years anniversary of Japanese migration to Mexico. I did two works in response to the situation I found. One was "Journey of a Yellow Man No.9: Trees Resurrection" and another was "Ghosts Stories" as a comment on the tensions of the Chiapas province with the Zapatistas Army.
Performance and installation
"Simposio International De Escultura Mexico-Japan",
Chiapa de Corso, Chiapas, Mexico,
February 1997
.
In Chiapas there was a tension going on that seems to hover in the air as it is not so visible but for some military always loitering around with their rifles ever ready slinged around their shoulders in the vicinity of official buildings and offices. Later investigations reveal that there were incidents of violence and encounters with rebels that were said to be the men of the Zapatistas, or the Zapatistas Army of National Liberation. It is a revolutionary leftist political and militant group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.
I was invited to participate in the sculpture symposium that was organized by the Japanese sculptors living in Mexico and the event was held to commemorate the 100 years anniversary of Japanese migration to Mexico. I did two works in response to the situation I found. One was "Journey of a Yellow Man No.9: Trees Resurrection" and another was "Ghosts Stories" as a comment on the tensions of the Chiapas province with the Zapatistas Army.
