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Aokigahara/Nara is a two channel video installation that documents two places in Japan. The video pieces are installed in separate spaces with a door to connect them. In the installation of the piece, the viewer enters the first room that shows the video Aokigahara and then moves through the opening that connects the two to see Nara. Two reclaimed wooden benches provide a resting place for the viewer.
Aokigahara is a dark, thick forest situated at the base of Mount Fuji, born from the last lava flow there in 864. It is known as a site of fierce negative energy. It was once a place where obasute (leaving old people in the wild to fend for themselves) was practiced. Later it was made famous as the setting for a story where two lovers commit suicide. Today Aokigahara is the number one spot for suicide in Japan. |
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