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2000 / Koiwai Farm Makiba-en (Iwate)
Dyed fleece, Grass, Earth (10t)
1000cm × 1000cm × 60cm
 A day in Koiwai Farm begins as it did a century ago and ends
by accumulating a new memory. The people who cultivated the piedmont of
Iwate started to work at dawn, and worked hand-in-hand with horses. They
plowed through the field and pastures prevailed. Iwate's nature and climate
nurtured the people, and people transformed the moors into lush green land.
The green then fostered animals and plants. People cultured the soil, and
the soil cultured the people.The nine pieces of felt are clothes that represent
people, cereal, building, animal, tool, water, plant, soil, and memory.
We sowed the seed of grass that feeds sheep and, in two months, the field
was covered with grass. The wool that covers sheep's body would return to
soil in two years. The green pasture would continue as it did before, and
tend a new set of animals and plants.
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