Project Remembrance of Time
Remembrance of Time
Plants Project in Urban Space, Osaka 2005

By Yumiko Yamazaki
Produce: Riechi Kageyama, Corporation: Galerie OU, Souma buildings co.

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View of the ground of rooftop, Soma Building
May 9, 2005

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I carried soil on the roof of a building in Osaka.
I'm waiting for the water, wind, birds and other natural happenings to bring seeds and for new plants to grow there naturally. When the seeds sprouted, I will put the small new plants in the paper I had made, And the layout of the plants in the paper are the same as the place which the plants was growing on the ground before. The position of the plants in the paper are controlled by nature.

I wish to put inside paper time and remembrance of those moments which we can never see.


 

In March, I brought in soil on the roof of a building by Tanimachi Street in Osaka.
I take a photograph now to record the changing surface of the soil.
And I put the photo on this page, once a week. Also I will make photo and video documentary of the changing soil.
First few weeks, it will appear only the view of the changing soil by rain, wind and natural happening on this page. However, I expect that some small plants germinate there several weeks or one month later. Probably, I am going to wait it for a few months.


 

This series art project "Plants Project ", it started from 1999 in Mino(Gifu) and the project was continued in Shihoro(Hokkaido) and Kashihara(Nara).
All the projects of "Plants Project" were done in nature.
However, I plan to do this project "Plants in Osaka" in the center of city space. It may be a difficult condition for this "Plants Project". However, The building is near of the west-side of Osaka Castle Park. It expect that strong wind will bring seeds from the park to the rooftop of this building.

learned various matters from experience of past plants projects. The plants sprouted, even in the place where an herbicide was sprinkled.

It is impossible to expect when seeds sprout or not. However, I expect that the plants will sprout there. I will start this project from March.


February 15, 2005
Yumiko Yamazaki


05/09/2005