Field Work on Alcatraz

Collection
Capp Street Project Archive

  • installation view
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • Prisoner of War blanket; photographs on wall
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • Prisoner of War blanket; photographs on wall
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • detail: stenciled Prisoner of War blanket
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • wall piece; monitor; chalk lines on floor
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • monitor; Alcatraz interior projected on wall
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • Alcatraz: shattered glass map of USA
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • Alcatraz: shattered glass map of USA
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • "Wandering Position" in Alcatraz: red chalk tracing the path of an ant within the confines of a cell
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • Alcatraz: shattered glass map of USA
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • Alcatraz: shattered glass map of USA
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • detail of shattered glass map of USA
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • Alcatraz: stenciled POW blanket in cell
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • Alcatraz: stenciled POW blanket in cell
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • Alcatraz: poetic phrases projected onto interior floors from skylights
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • "Wandering Position" in Alcatraz: red chalk on floor; steel angles
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • "Wandering Position" in Alcatraz: red chalk on floor; steel angles
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • detail of "Wandering Position": red chalk on floor; steel angles
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • detail of "Wandering Position": red chalk on floor; steel angles
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

Creator(s)
Yanagi, Yukinori (installation artist)
Work type & Measurements
Exhibition — installation
18 color slides (2 x 2 in.)
Description
Installation inspired by visit to Alcatraz and the story of a Japanese-American imprisoned there. Dealt with themes of nationalism and identity, confinement and boundaries.
Notes
Venue: 525 2nd Street
Additional physical form: Contract, Announcements, Resume, Correspondence, Finances, Support Materials, Photographs, Slides
site-specific work
Related item
Referenced by: Yukinori Yanagi
Location: https://vault.cca.edu/items/9d2179ee-e8c5-4df3-aa5d-32ea8e4ad97e/1/
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Location
Oakland Campus — Meyer Library — CSP Archive — Artist-in-Residence (525 2nd Street Era (1994-1998)) April 1996 to July 1996, Box 14
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