Snip from post on we-make-money-not-art:
Miyake's Beaver Project at MassArt promises to be one of his most challenging endeavors to date. Phase 1 of the project took place in late September 2005, when Miyake visited Boston for two weeks to film his nature documentary, currently in post-production and premiering at the exhibition. Donning a fuzzy homemade costume of a "cartoon" beaver, Miyake starred as "Beaver" in a video that blurs fiction and reality as he gathered wood to build his 45-foot multi-colored dam and shopped for chest waders and lumber for his lodge. Throughout the process Beaver was aided by friendly "neighbors" who gave construction advice, helped gather and paint wood and placed the structures in the water. The documentary features interviews with real-life zoologists (talking about the behaviors, habitats and life cycles of beavers), as well as spontaneous interactions with the communities that Beaver visited.
Link to full text with tonza linx, and here's Shintaro Miyake's home on the web with tonza pix: Link.
