From here you can see

From here you can see is an exploration of the experience of place through reference to a historical genre of Japanese books called meisho zue. The meisho zue functioned as guidebooks to famous places and views throughout Edo period Japan. Places were both real and imagined and the books included prints, poetry, lists, and descriptions. Utilizing the book form as a model, a group of views was identified and a series of prints was created. The views were chosen based on a collection of source material that included photographs, maps, journals, and historical records regarding specific sites associated with two emigrant trails utilized in the early 1850’s to cross into California. The exhibition includes large-scale, layered monoprints printed over photographic composites. Layering sheets and colors mimics the view of the work table in the studio and reveals the remnants of the working process. Displaying unbound paper recalls the activity of moving through space, of gathering information (sights, smells, vistas, sensations), one moment atop the next, used to create and identify place. The layered pages are also a direct reference to the book form which can be experienced sequentially or out of order, front to back, and as a reference. Process and display are applied to examine the construction of place through experience.