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Show Westminster College's Student Newspaper Since 1938 VOLUME XLVII FEBRUARY 19, 2014 WWW.FORUMFORTNIGHTLY.COM ISSUE 11 I L The temporary art installation , Return to the Sea will be in the Meldrum Science Center in March. However, a lot of his work is made using table salt. Yamamoto started by making labyrinth patterns, and he now creates pieces that resemble hurricanes, which he AlissaFinn Staff Reporter Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto will be creating a temporary salt installation on campus. Yamamoto was bom in Onomichi, Japan and studied at the Kanazawa College of Art. He has traveled all over the world displaying his art and has received awards, including the Philip Morris Art Award in 2002. Yamamoto works with art installations. All of his floor displays are destroyed after time, which shows the transitory na- I I ture of life. He pipes all of his pieces by hand. After I non-metaphysi- cal i the viewing period for the piece built on , campus, the salt will be returned to the Spiral Jetty in Great the Salt Lake. I Sf I stm - wfl . S Photo courtesy of Westminster College Inside There is calls floating garden designs. In college Yamamoto worked mostly on oil painting, but he decided he wanted to feel and be in his art. After his sister passed from brain cancer, he wanted to heal by using his art to show death. In Japan, salt is believed to have a force to heal grief, it is a symbol for purification and mourning. Yamamoto hand-dramultiple sketches before he decides on a design. He then uses the venues floor plans to decide how to best build the piece. Aerial viewpoints are essential in viewing his work, which makes the multiple levels and staircases in the Meldrum Science Center the venue of choice on campus. Salt is a very important material for me. The more important thing is theme, Yamamoto said in a video highlighting his trip from LA to Western Utah (vimeo. ws com52553020). that will be displayed on campus is titled Return to the Sea because the salt wall be returned to the water after it is deconstructed. This idea is to show The piece circularity and the world in harmony. Last fall, students in Curtis Newbolds layout and graphic design class designed flyers and brochures for the event. Sean Kennedy, one of the design students involved, said, After designing a brochure for class, I look forward to seeing the work on campus. Rebecca Mortenson, senior fine arts major, said she is excited to see more art around campus because it brings a positive vibe to students. Yamamoto will begin constructing the piece in Meldrum on March 10. On March 17, a reception will be held in the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory in his honor. more The inversion settles over grocery jI toshopping than SLC. I meets 1 1 the eye: at least when it comes to milk. See pgs. See pg. 8 XHECKUSOUTy HIT forumfortnightly.com Follow us on Instagram forumfortnightly Follow us on Twitter forum4tnightly 6-- 7 Like us on Facebook ForumFortnightly |