This exhibition is collaborated and coordinated with N&A Art Site, Japan.
After showcasing at the N&A Art Site in Tokyo, Japan, Paradise Reborn: Rewilding Palmyra will be traveling to Kojin-Kyoto, at an exhibition space in Kyoto, Japan. This exhibition will be on view from June 9, 2023 to June 30, 2023, on the first and second floor of the building. The opening of Paradise Reborn: Rewilding Palmyra is Friday, June 9th from 12:30pm to 5pm. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 12:30pm to 6:30pm.
In 2018, artist-activist Taiji Terasaki took part in an artist residency on The Nature Conservancy’s Palmyra Atoll, a wildlife refuge in the Pacific Ocean 1,100 miles south of Hawai’i. The experience had the profound effect of focusing his practice on stories of conservation and environmental action.
The remote atoll, once devastated by human activity during World War II, has since rebounded through thoughtful stewardship by scientists and conservation specialties, and has become a living laboratory to explore solutions to the critical environmental challenges of our time.
In his art, Terasaki uses established and innovative technologies to feature Palmyra’s rich and diverse ecosystem. Seen through Terasaki’s eyes, the vitality of Palmya’s restored ecosystem highlights nature’s resilience.
Taiji Terasaki is a Japanese-American artist based in Honolulu, Hawaii. Terasaki would like to thank The Nature Conservancy for their continued intellectual collaboration since the artist residency in 2018. Terasaki would also like to thank Osamu Hamada of Hiromi Paper and for the Japanese Handmade paper featured in the “Fragility” paper series of the exhibit. The augmented reality portion of the exhibition was a collaboration with Future Arts.