Living with tsunami

Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum is part of the larger Takatamatsubara Memorial Park for Tsunami Disaster. The park was created together by the national government and local governments of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefecture, to 'pass down the memories and lessons learned to the next generation' and to provide as place for 'memorial and reflection on …

Mapping Java

A participatory workshop on mapping physical and cultural connectivity across Java. Description Chu chu cha cha chu..., a train carries many things as it moves across the land; people, cargo, ambitions, ideas, cultures, and histories. The space within a train is experienced as both public and private at the same time, a meeting point for …

Wet, wet, wet in Tokyo

Reports of the impending Hagibis typhoon (October 12, 2019) reminded of when I was in Tokyo many years ago. I try to remember the scene. "Strong winds. A typhoon is expected to land in Tokyo tonight." said the woman inside the television, one of two objects didn't quite belong in a fancy jazz bar. The …

Shooting a VR documentary

For the past six months I've been working on developing a Virtual Reality(VR) multimedia project titled "Elders of Our Forest". The project uses photographs, film, text, sound, and interactivity to create an immersive experience of being deep within the Malaysian tropical rainforest. The first two components focused on the Royal Belum State Park and the …