| Maker(s): | Nagatani, Patrick
| | Culture: | American (1945 - 2017)
| | Title: | Ryoichi's Journal: Showa 60, July 13, U.S.A., Tucson - translation text cover sheet from Ryoichi Excavations
| | Date Made: | 1999-2001
| | Type: | Photograph
| | Materials: | Chromogenic (Fuji Crystal Archive) print
| | Place Made: | United States
| | Measurements: | sheet: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 2012.84.2
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Nicole Moretti Ungar, class of 1982, and Jon Ungar
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
map labeled Tuscon, Mexico, United States, Papago Indian Reservation; desert landscape; cactus; sunset; hawk; stamp: NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE; stamp: PROBING THE PLANETS; Japanese writing
cover sheet reads: SHOWA 60, JULY 13, U.S.A., ARIZONA, TUCSON (THE YEAR IN TRADITIONAL JAPANESE IS TRANSLATED TO 1985) THE LOCATION MAPS THAT ATSUSHI AND I WERE GIVEN FROM THE SHAMAN LAST NIGHT SEEM TO HAVE A PARTICULAR ORDER. IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR TO US, BUT TWELVE LOCATIONS ARE DECIPHERABLE. THEY ARE METALLIC MAPS WITH COORDINATES SIMILAR TO OUR LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE SYSTEM, BUT DIFFERENT. THE REMAINING THIRTY-SIX PLATES ARE NOT READABLE AT THIS PERHAPS BY PUTTING TWO TOGETHER IN AN OVERLAY THE REMAINING MAPS MIGHT MAKE SENSE. THE LEATHER SATCHEL OF MAPS AND THE EXPERIENCES THIS DAY HAVE LEFT US FEELING UNSETTLED AND IN A DREAMLIKE SHROUDED PUZZLE. OUR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL SELVES HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED AND DISRUPTED. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS AS DENSE AND BLACK AS THE ARIZONA NIGHT SKY. OUR SENSE OF TIME IS MYSTERIOUSLY OFF CENTER AS WE FUMBLE IN THE DARK WITH OUR NEW FOUND KNOWLEDGE. SATCHEL FROM SHAMAN LEXUS FIRE PIT SHOWA 60, JULY 12, U.S.A. SOUTHERN ARIZONA DESERT.
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