Takeshi Moro and his students have been interviewing local community members who were incarcerated in Japanese-American camps during WWII. Shirley Kuramoto—who was confined at Tule Lake–shared over fifty handcrafted Utai books (the vocal element of Noh, a classical Japanese dance theatre) with Moro. They were created by her father during his time at Tule Lake War Relocation Center. Struck by the weight of the books, Moro invited the other artists in this exhibition to visit Tule Lake in the company of his two young daughters.

The Gleaner features Moro’s daughter picking up small shells from the former Camp site in Tule Lake. Moro was attempting to capture the serene sunset over Castle Rock, when his older daughter inadvertently entered the frame. Though tempted to stop the video, he found an eerie resemblance to the former incarcerees’ stories of picking up shells to pass the time.

ALL IS WELL. features a telegram sent by Shirley Kuramoto’s father to Japan during their incarceration. It is placed over pages of scanned Utai books that her father had transcribed during their time in Tule Lake.