James Jack
Sea Birth Three
Sea Birth (trailer) Triptych
Video / 3:57 mins
ABOUT THE WORK
'Through the Sea Birth trilogy, Jack draws upon the maritime history of Okinawa, where the islands’ folklore adds crucial perspectives often missing in current reporting of issues. In Sea Birth three, the final part of the trilogy, the painting sets the scene in Henoko-Ōura Bay with signs of resistance arising from the forest, the video provides context to the political contestations in the bay and the driftwood becomes a home for the fire spirits to return to their rightful habitat.' – Jaimey Hamilton Faris & Azusa Takahashi
Credits:
Masayuki Tamae, Leona Nishinaga, Hideaki Gushiken, Takeshi Ishihara, Osamu Makishi, Yukino Inamine, Soma Takahashi, Piko Ishihara, Monica Kim, Keith Teo, Nathasha Lee, Yuto Mori, Noa Jack, Kristen Ho Hui Yan, the Georgette Chen Foundation, and Wakagenoitari Village
ABOUT THE ARTIST
James Jack is an artist who engages layered histories of place to achieve positive change through community-led initiatives. His works have been exhibited at Comma Space, Donkey Mill Art Center, Honolulu Museum of Art, Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Setouchi International Art Festival, Busan Biennale, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art and writings have appeared in publications by Blum & Poe Gallery, Satoshi Koyama Gallery, The Contemporary Museum of Hawai‘i and ArtAsiaPacific. He was a Crown Prince Akihito Scholar, completed PhD at Tokyo University of the Arts, then was Postdoctoral artist fellow at Social Art Lab in Fukuoka and currently is an Assistant Professor of Art Practice at Yale-NUS College.