| Description: | La. deployed at Andersen Air Force Base on the US territory of Guam is parked on the flight line following a nighttime training mission (© Greg Girard/Courtesy the artist and Monte Clark Gallery Vancouver and Toronto)The series examines the physical settings of the bases where soldiers and their families live in guarded residential communities that appear eerily indistinguishable from mid-20th century Midwest America But for some subtle – and sometimes not-so-subtle – visual cues one could easily think the scenes were taken from a time capsule that was somehow transported to the other side of the globeUS Navy Negishi Housing Area Yokohama Japan â— 2009: Two American high school students sit on a street corner after school in the US Navy’s Negishi Housing Area in Yokohama Japan (© Greg Girard/Courtesy the artist and Monte Clark Gallery Vancouver and Toronto)Road above US Marine Corps Camp Lester Okinawa Japan â— 2009: Red warning lights signal a sharp right curve on the narrow road above |
