A Los Angeles artist visited the site of her former home in Altadena after the Eaton wildfire, where rubble and new construction replaced earlier structures. The artist created an installation and performance on the lot with local musicians, supported by Los Angeles Nomadic Division. About 500 people attended the first day, including visitors who had also lost homes. After returning last year, only a brick chimney remained, and most of her art was gone. She rescued fragments and later incorporated them into a show at Lisson Gallery, rushing to finish for Frieze Los Angeles. For Field Set, she arranged salvaged branches, rusted metal beams, and her own hand-blown glass orbs and vases, and replanted the front yard with help from friends.
"That wasn't there a week ago,"
"When Akashi was finally able to return to her property last year, a brick chimney was the only structure left standing. Her house and studio were gone, as was most of the art she had been working on. She managed to rescue bits and pieces that she integrated into her show at Lisson Gallery in February 2025, which she rushed to complete to coincide with Frieze Los Angeles. But more recently, she thought the chimney might need to be knocked down for structural reasons; she talked to Laura Hyatt, the director of Land, about doing a project before that happened."
"For Field Set, Akashi rearranged what she had salvaged-blackened branches lean against rusted metal beams, set up in a mound towards the back of the property-alongside her own strategically placed hand-blown glass orbs and vases. With help from friends, she replanted the front yard with a"
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