Catalogue of solo exhibition by Taro Shinoda at the Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles in 2005. The work of Taro Shinoda often engages themes of science, adaptation, and desire. During his residency in Los Angeles, Shinoda constructed a trailer based on an engawa, the traditional viewing platform that separates architecture, or the domestic space, from the garden, or enchanted space. A manmade attempt to represent the universe through an ideal landscape, the traditional Japanese garden is a recurring theme in Shinoda's work. With his engawa hitched to a 1987 Ford Ranger, the artist traveled to the Navajo Nation, up the Pacific coast past Big Sur, and east to Yosemite National Park. Taking his mobile engawa into the landscape of the American west, the artist considers how the existing landscape might direct man's relationship to nature in the future. For 'Buried Treasure', the artist presents the mobile engawa as a place for visitors to sit and meditate on their place in the universe. On the entrance wall, travel notes discuss his experiences on the road. The present catalogue features an interview with the artist by Mami Kataoka, senior curator, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Shinoda's visual diary and travelogue, and an essay by Gallery at REDCAT director and curator Eungie Joo. Shinoda's biography is also provided.