Ontake-san 1 (Ash Paintings), 2014
Volcano ash, ethernet cable, Japanese syca leaf, glue, lacquer, honeycomb cardboard
100 × 75 × 5 cm

Ontake-san 2 (Ash Paintings), 2014
Volcano ash, ethernet cable, Japanese syca leaf, glue, lacquer, honeycomb cardboard
100 × 75 × 5 cm

The Ash Paintings are « volcanic natures mortes » composed of computer cables, dried Japanese syca leaves and covered in ashes collected from the mount Ontake in Japan (erupting since september 2014)
Adrien Missika recomposes fragments of post-eruption land as fossils of the future evoking two extremes of Japanese culture, the natural and the technological.