Cedar Log Sky Chamber
Okawa Village, Kochi Province, Japan. Commissioners: Kochi District Council, Forest Policy Division.
This chamber is 3m wide by 4m high with octagonal ground plan and built in notched logs, thatched with cedar bark. It has a small lens in the top which projects an image of trees and clouds on to a wooden floor. It also doubles as a mountain tea-house. The work is situated high up on the mountain, just off a forest road. Ask at Okawa-Mura village office for directions.
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- Cedar Log Sky Chamber
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- Drawings: pen, pencil, ink
Cedar Log Sky Chamber | 1996 | Cloud Chambers, Works Outside | Media: bark, lens, logs, stone | Tags: camera obscura, cloud chamber, environmental, inner/outer, japan, landscape, shelter