East wind 2m
East wind 2m
Southeast wind --m
Southeast wind --m
South wind 0m
South wind 0m
Southwest wind 1m
Southwest wind 1m
West wind 2m
West wind 2m
Northwest wind 6m
Northwest wind 6m
North wind 0m
North wind 0m
Northeast wind 3m
Northeast wind 3m
Prologue
Prologue
Epilogue
Epilogue
Northerly Wind
Northerly Wind
Southerly Wind
Southerly Wind
Passage (2011)
C-print
453×560 mm

In “passage” series, Asakai drove a car to “follow, and wait for the wind” all around Aomori and executed eight pieces of photograph of the electronic scoreboard indicating eight speeds/directions of the wind, then she completed the series by presenting these photos with portraits of people standing alone in landscapes with their back to the camera adding lastly two set of photo “dialogue” that steps into narratives about the language from the audience perspective.