BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration
Can looking closely at photographs change what we see, know and feel about history? Japanese artist Masaki Fujihata explores that question through immersive installations of historic images and augmented-reality experiences that bring visitors into the events of 1942, before Japanese Americans in Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles were transported to concentration camps during World War II.
Fujihata spent years examining photographs by Dorothea Lange and Russell Lee, enlarging and activating their images to focus attention on each subject’s emotions and the power dynamics between the photographer and the person in front of the camera.
OMCA’s presentation includes new Bay Area-specific elements drawn from Lange’s photographs of San Francisco and Oakland, plus a three-screen video featuring local residents and an outdoor augmented-reality experience in Oak Street Plaza.
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