WE ARE THE LAND opens with Nobuo Sekine’s Phase Conception: Spring Sea (1988), a monumental work rooted in his Mono-ha practice. Using handmade paper, gold leaf, and industrial materials, Sekine evokes dualities of earth and void, form and absence. The piece shimmers with vitality, echoing his early earthworks while reflecting on humanity’s place within nature. In today’s ecological crises, it calls for presence, coexistence, and recognition of land as an active force.
