© Lieko Shiga
Lieko Shiga’s 1 new exhibit, “Rasen Kaigan” 2 (螺旋海岸, “spiral coast”) opens at the Sendai Mediatheque on November 7, 2012, and will run until January 14, 2013. It should be worth the trip from Tokyo.
Shiga’s images are always visually striking, but there’s more going on in her photographs than sleight of hand. As this interview shows 3, she cultivates certain relationships (or causes certain situations) to create her work. For the past six years, she’s lived in Miyagi Prefecture, serving as the official town photographer of Natori-shi. This seems like an ideal situation, since it’s put her in the position of interacting directly with the residents of the town as part of her job. From what little I saw of this new work (maybe seven or eight prints) at this summer’s Higashikawa Photo Festival 4 I can say it’s turned out well, and I wouldn’t want to miss the chance to see what Shiga can do with an entire museum floor.