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Interview with Jerry Takigawa
Join us as we engage with Jerry Takigawa on art as a medium of expression and resistance, on navigating between two cultures, and on the legacy and lessons that emerge when voice is given to silenced stories.

False Food by Jerry Takigawa
The plastic pollution crisis that overwhelms the oceans is also a significant and growing threat to the Earth’s climate. Greenhouse gases are emitted at each stage of the plastic lifecycle—extraction and transport, refining and manufacture, and waste management.

WWII American concentration camps; Balancing Cultures by Jerry Takigawa
Balancing Cultures project was selected and published in our print edition 25. These personal images are an expression of the misjudgments and injustices that result from hysteria, racism, and economic exploitation. As a third-generation Japanese American born after the camps, Takigawa was spared bitterness by the gift of his family’s silence about these injustices.

Landscapes of Presence by Jerry Takigawa
We live in an information-rich time-poor culture. Takigawa sees a society that is becoming more disconnected from nature—from natural rhythms, cycles, and seasons. Fascinated with the concept of time, he seeks to understand the feeling that time is “speeding up.”