Chiharu Shiota: Memory of Water

An old wooden boat found on the shore of Lake Towada is strung about with thousands of red threads, as if to tether it. Shiota says that as well as guiding us to unknown places, in their function of crossing water, boats sit alongside death. The boat, and the threads woven in so many layers that it is impossible to grasp any single strand, evoke the invisible, elusive things associated with our lives, such as the memories harbored by places and objects, and the connections and deaths of people.