Journal — Shana P Lohrey

^{_{散らかった池}}
^{the scattered pond}

^{^{^{March-April 2024;

A 1 week group exhibition with Artists from Wada KS Terrace.

I created a myth about the ‘Nekodake’, a term in Japan that describes bottles that sit aligned near walls to dissuade cats from marking their territories. At the time I found this peculiar and never had I seen this practice before. The lantern work was in collaboration with Watanabe-san, where we created the frame together, and shadow-youkai (made from pieces of tin). I was inspired by my trip to Kyoto where I spoke with a youkai researcher on the theories of youkai conception. Youkai are deeply rooted in the dark edges of rural Japan and became more abundant during the Edo period, where the development of lit cities and towns furthered the fears towards the surrounding dark mountainous regions and what lay within them.}}
^{^{^{Date: March 28, 2022 – April 3, 2023}}}}

_{The Drawing Year 2021 exhibition}

^{My drawings were presented alongside my peers in the End of year show at
the Royal Drawing school.}

^{Date: April 7, 2022 – April 14, 2022
Venue: Royal Drawing School, 19-22 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3SG}

^︎

^{肘折灯籠祭り}
^{Hijiori lantern festival}

^{And with that, my participation in the Hijiori Lantern Festival}

^ends.

^{I was curious to see if there were any monsters in Hijiori Onsen.

When I came to Hijiori Onsen, I was told the story of the monster

‘

Nyudo’.

The Nyudo is a monster whose neck gets longer and longer when you

try to look uo at it.}

^{Date: September 14, 2023 – October 14, 2023}

^{Monsters of Misawa Exhibition}

^{Date: December 13, 2015
Venue: Yamagata-shi, Misawa class, 1-7-24}

The Drawing Year 2021 exhibition

肘折灯籠祭り

Monsters of Misawa Exhibition

Date: December 13, 2015 Venue: Yamagata-shi, Misawa class, 1-7-24

_{The Drawing Year 2021 exhibition}

^{肘折灯籠祭り}

^{Monsters of Misawa Exhibition}

^{Date: December 13, 2015
Venue: Yamagata-shi, Misawa class, 1-7-24}