Maki Hayashida "Silent Echoes of the Cedar" （Hakari Contemporary）

Maki Hayashida "Silent Echoes of the Cedar"

Starts 4/12

Artists

Maki Hayashida

We are pleased to announce the exhibition Silent Echoes of the Cedar by Maki Hayashida at hakari contemporary. Hayashida has previously explored various social issues through her research, developing unique installations primarily using photography as her medium. In this exhibition, she focuses on environmental issues that are globally discussed under the umbrella of “deforestation,” proposing the idea that their essence varies depending on the country or region, through new photographic installations.
In her new work, Hayashida focuses on Japanese cedar, the most widely planted tree across the country , set against the backdrop of the loss of biodiversity in unused artificial forests—a direction that contrasts with the global concerns of over-logging. She uses a technique of developing and printing photographs with a photographic solution extracted from cedar, challenging herself to confront the current state of unused artificial forests from the perspective of an artist using photography.
This body of work as an installation suggests the danger of uniformly addressing issues related to human intervention in nature, unintended consequences, and socially complex problems that inherently contain multiple meanings. In an era where environmental issues, ethics, and moral values are increasingly globalized, this exhibition offers an opportunity for us to reconsider and localize the facts confronting us. We invite you to visit and reflect on this thought-provoking exhibition.