Report on "Shiga Lieko: Nanu mo Kanu mo" (Aomori Museum of Art): Diffuse Reflections Inside a Writhing "Organism," and 20 Years in Tohoku, Now
A report on Shiga Lieko's largest solo exhibition at Aomori Museum of Art, reflecting on 20 years in Tohoku through an intertwined "organism" of works.Summary
The exhibition "Shiga Lieko: Nanu mo Kanu mo" is on view at the Aomori Museum of Art until March 14, 2027, marking the museum's 20th anniversary and 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. It is Shiga's second solo exhibition in Tohoku since the同名 show at Sendai Mediatheque and her largest to date. Born in 1980, Shiga is known for photography and video rooted in bodily sensation. After moving to Miyagi in 2008, she worked as a local photographer in Kitakama, creating oral histories that led to the series "Spiral Coast." Since the disaster, she has consistently asked "What is recovery?" The exhibition is structured as a "living organism" of six interconnected rooms that breathe and move, centered on a fictional character named "Enao." Inspired by a custom in parts of Sanriku where children born with the umbilical cord around their necks are given the character "褜" in their names, Enao embodies both Shiga's deep resonance and a collective of intertwined lives, expressing her belief that "what keeps me alive is tremendously entangled."
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)