projects > Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother).

A mobile totem made of individual, hand-torn tarpaper*, weighing 540 lbs, transported to and documented at several WWII Japanese American incarceration sites.

*Prisoners’ barracks were constructed with green pine and tarpaper: scant shelter in extreme weather.

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Heart Mountain, Wyoming Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Heart Mountain)

June 06, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Manzanar Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Manzanar)

June 02, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Tulelake Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Tulelake Segregation Center)

April 23, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Minidoka Idaho Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Minidoka)

April 20, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Topaz Utah Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Topaz, Utah)

April 15, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Amache, Granada, Colorado Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Amache, F11 Block)

March 28, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Tuna Canyon Los Angeles Japanese American World War II detention center historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Tuna Canyon Detention Station)

May 03, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Topaz Utah Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Topaz, Utah)

April 16, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Poston Arizona Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Poston, Arizona)

April 01, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Amache Granada, Colorado Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Amache, Granada, Colorado)

April 05, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Rohwer Arkansas Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Rohwer, Arkansas)

digital photograph of a temporary installation

March 10, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Crystal City Texas Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother,, Crystal City, Texas)

2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Santa Fe New Mexico Japanese American World War II detention center historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Santa Fe, New Mexico)

March 24, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Jerome Arkansas Japanese American World War II incarceration historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Jerome, Arkansas)

March 11, 2021

Photograph of tarpaper sculpture at Lordsburg New Mexico Japanese American World War II internment camp historic site. By Gardiner Funo O'Kain.

Silence (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Ulmoris Siding, Lordsburg, New Mexico)

March 31, 2021