Why do people stack stones? Perhaps to bring order to chaos, to entrust memories, as prayer to nature, or to hold together what has fallen apart. 

 

The stone walls of Kameyama Castle ruins have been dismantled and rebuilt countless times. They were ruined by disasters and restored by the hands of townspeople, in a cycle of disassembly and regeneration for over four centuries. Imagining that process, one finds carved stones buried in the ground, boulders hauled from the mountains, filler stones gathered from the castle town and back alleys. The walls themselves embody the collective traces of the town and its people. 

 

We have observed and recorded such stones, and carved stamps from sketches and rubbings. With the disassembly and regeneration of the stone walls in mind, let us stack them anew.