Archipelagoes (2019) panel 8, 2019Edition 2 of 3
Archival pigment print
20 × 16 in.
In Archipelagoes (panel 8), the words “Heart Mountain” hover over a softly clouded, pale photographic ground. Part of a 25-panel series, the work juxtaposes place names with atmospheric surfaces that resist clear legibility. Yamaoka’s layering of archival pigment print with resin produces a mutable image, one that shifts between historical reference and abstraction. As in much of her practice, language becomes both anchor and veil, complicating how we read place, memory, and representation.