Accumulation
2010 Height 135cm / Width 170cm
One ton of river stone on a wagon.
2010 Height 135cm / Width 170cm
One ton of river stone on a wagon.
Yamage (Mountain Hair)
2014 Height 185 ~ 200cm / Length 43m
An arc of 100 individual 'hairs' across a mountainside meadow.
Yamagedama (Mountain Hairball)
2014 Height 255cm Width 70cm
Composed of 700 meters of compressed steel wire, planted into the ground.
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2015 Multi-part / Multi-genre Installation
All related pieces are based off a 14cm high stone with plastic doll's eyes. Related pieces include paintings, mix-media mural, light box, cardboard box display, and a multi-item icon branded "gift shop" which includes prints, stationary, keychains, interior cuios, kitchenware, t-shirts, and "pet" icons.
Communication Breakdown
2016 Height 38cm Width 145cm
Television casing with video cassette tape.
Foundation
2013 Height 1.5 ~ 2cm Total Area: 15m X 32m
Composed of 1601 bamboo rings (equal to the current population of the exhibiting town). Bisected by a 3 meter wide walking path.
Outside Looking In
2013 Height 300cm Total Area: 10m X 15m (size of a traditional local house)
A set of 855 suspended bamboo poles (equal to total number of households in exhibiting town). Able to be entered from any point. Center empty ring of red bamboo has a diameter of 3.5 meter with red maple leaves covering the ground. Proportions of the red bamboo area and the outer rectangular perimeter are same as the Japanese national flag.
Land Mark (I)
2006 Height 35~40cm Total Length: 300cm
Six carved wooden heads (red pine) aligned in an arc.
Land Mark (II)
2011 Height 37cm Total Length: 550cm
Six molded concrete heads aligned in an arc.
Kawaga Nagareru (The River Flows On)
2005 Height 35 ~ 170cm Total Area: 20 X 25m
Composed of 216 'eggs' (108 outer 'cracked', 108 inner 'undisturbed') made of molded paper pulp and jute fiber. Inner and outer sets separated by 2.5 meter wide walking path loop. Illuminated with a repeated lighting cycle of 54 seconds from full brightness (5 ~ 15watt incandescents each) then dimmed to 0.1watt above total darkness and then back up to full brightness.
Made Out, Carried In
2012 Height 165cm
A set of 13 cardboard boxes strapped to a traditional Japanese wooden cargo backpack.
Carry On (I)
2010 Height 57cm (extendable to 126cm)
Slash-proof tin container suitable for overland travel.
Carry On (II)
2010 Height 55cm (extendable to 102cm)
Cardboard case suitable for air travel (dimensions within IATA maximum allowance).
Eco Bag
2011 Height 75cm
Canvas shopping bag with print of Tokyo central ward's acceptable burnable waste identifier.
2011 Height 75cm
Canvas shopping bag with print of Tokyo central ward's acceptable burnable waste identifier.
(Untitled Prototype)
2013-Ongoing Individual Piece Height Approx 180cm Total length Approx 120km
This still unfixed installation is currently in development. When complete, it will consist of 47 red, wooden figures with a hole within the heads of decreasing size down to a final figure with no hole (making a total of 48 pieces). Each piece will represent a letter in the Japanese Hiragana phonetic alphabet (including the two archaic forms of ゐ and ゑ, such that it is 46+2). The pieces will be installed along the mountain ridge which surrounds the entirety of the Iya Valley in the center of Shikoku Island, Japan. Starting on the right side of the valley mouth, each piece will be approximately 2.5 km apart and linked by a ridge-line trail that circles counter-clockwise around the valley, ultimately returning to the left side of the valley mouth such that the last piece (with fully closed hole "ん") is directly across the river from the first one (with fully open hole "あ"). At over 120 km in length with large and continual elevation ascents and descents (lowest point about 100m, highest point nearly 2,000m), to walk the whole piece in order will take about 7 or 8 days.
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The artwork of S.A. Ramsay includes sculpture and installation art that is both permanently and temporarily displayed. For information on viewing specific art pieces, please contact the artist.