This public artwork illustrates how the themes of nature, community, and creativity connect through interlocking imagery. Wakida’s concept begins with an image of a bee on a bed of clover, and with each new image, the viewer's perspective widens. Visually, the perspective moves farther away from the bee while each image connects to the larger picture.
Wakida writes, “I once interviewed a woman about how she got through the most difficult times in her life. She told a story of how every morning, she and her husband watched the sun rise from their balcony at home. Within minutes, what began as a dazzling dawn of color and light transformed into an unbearable, blinding ray of heat. ‘When something becomes unbearable,’ she told me, ‘change position.’ In other words, what we perceive as the center of our vision – whether it is an object, a person, or an experience – can grow infinitesimally larger or smaller, based on the context. The human mind has a remarkable capacity to creatively ‘change position,’ to evolve, solve problems, and altruistically survive.”
As you look at the series of 10 prints, what stories can you see? What are the characters and setting and how does the story change as you move from image to image? What happens to the story if you look at the images in a different order?
Wakida carved the images in linoleum by hand and printed the images onto paper with an etching press. The linoleum block prints were scanned and the digital files were used by a bronze fabricator to cast bronze plaques. Four sets of bronze plaques are located at the East County Hall of Justice at the main exterior entry, the courtyard, and the exterior walkways.
- Edition: 1/3
- Created: 2017
- Current Location: East County Hall of Justice - 5149 Gleason Drive Dublin, CA 94568 (google map)
- Collections: East County Hall of Justice
Alameda County Arts Commission
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