Su Grierson has, with the assistance of Jan van Boeckel, collected her blogs from her residency in Fukushima Province in Japan which were posted to ecoartscotland. She has added a lot of new images which did not originally feature. The blogs describe her time meeting and living with people affected by the tsunami and nuclear... Continue Reading →
From Fukushima – Pt.7
I am now at Narita airport heading home with some final thoughts on my 10 week art residency in Fukushima province in Japan. After my previous blogs Chris Fremantle asked me what is ‘normal’ in Fukushima. Well, that depends on whether you are a displaced person living for the last two years in temporary accommodation... Continue Reading →
From Fukushima – Pt.6
I have come for a short weekend break to the port city of Niigata on the West coast of Japan at the mouth of the large Shinano river which also serves the huge areas of rice fields that lie between here and the inland mountains. My first day here brought two cultural experiences that took... Continue Reading →
From Fukushima – Pt 5
I am sorry for the delay in sending this Blog. We have had an exhibition of the work we have made during the residency, and with lots of entertaining besides, time has just evaporated. Yesterday I gave a talk as part of a series at the exhibition. I was asked to talk about Scotland and... Continue Reading →
From Fukushima – Part 4
Thanks to Aeneas Wilder, a Scottish artist living further North in Japan, Su Grierson has been able to give us a sense of the changes to the landscape further up the coast. Once again she asked me to emphasise that she is only able to report what she is told and sees herself, and cannot... Continue Reading →
From Fukushima – Part 3
Su Grierson has sent the following report of her journey to Minamisouma City, in the heart of the Tsunami zone and near the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Su emphasises, "that all I write has been gleaned through non-professional interpreters and there is often difficulty in putting follow-up questions. However I feel it is worth recording... Continue Reading →
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