Alter Altar2015
Mini-interventions with spots around the neighborhood of the Youkobo Artspace residency outside of Tokyo. Using already established billboards and altars, I interjected a form of self-inclusion by collaborating with the form and meaning of the space.
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Imposters at the community bulletin board
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Poster in the bottom right of the bulletin board was spirited back to my studio for alterations. Using the friendly hand as an anchor image, a few adjustments were made to read the innocuous phrase: "It's already here". Red ink ran in the rain and the hand appeared less friendly. 24 hours later, my alter disappeared.
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Alter Altar
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The easiest thing to have in Japan is a collection of beautiful garbage. My pile of collected packaging, excess unidentifiable foods, kindly given gifts by strangers and acquaintances, found their outlet in pseudo altar places throughout the ward of Zempukuji. These were heartfelt, though often outsider, offerings to a culture and space where I would never belong.
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