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Shining Tree in a sacred place
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Oji, Kusatsu, Japan
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Shining Tree in a sacred place
Oji, Kusatsu, Japan
This art work was dedicated to the people who
had passed away in several disasters in this year 2011. Especially in Japan, the massive earthquake
hit this country land with the huge tsunami so much that considerable damage and profound sorrow came
to us. MoNo had the
opportunity to join the illumination event “Kusatsu Machiakari Yumeakari
Hanaakari – on autumnal Kusatsu road with sensory gratification”, which got
over 30 thousands visitors. So MoNo could open our work as one of programs of
“Akari Art Exhibition” which were held in some historic shrines and temples.
This event, 2011 is the 8th time, is operated
by the chamber of commerce of Kuatsu-city. This city is by the Lake Biwa and it
was an appointed area for inns along the 52 stages of the Tokaido road in the
Edo period as an important junction of two main roads, Tokaido with Nkasendo.
We can know the prosperity of this city with many shrines and temples in
existence or Honjin which is rebuilt and preserved as one of
government-designated historical site.
In such a city, in the grounds of “Oshioi
Shrine” which was constructed in Heian period (more than 1100 years ago),
MoNo’s art work was created and opened. It consisted of 2 installations,
”Shining Tree” which was higher than body length, and a lot of “SaSa” which
were put under foot of Shining Tree. The former is a illumination device made
of non- woven fabric which is cut like Shide (shrine’s white paper). A few
Shining Trees cleared the axis of this art space and led vision of the
visitors, being setting on the line connecting the Shrine Gate with the Sacred
Tree. And the latter is a new version of lighting shade “SaSa” redesigned for a
candle, which was designed in the image of bamboo leaves and opened with MoNo’s
work “UKIGUMO- floating clouds” in France 2010. Over 120 candles with “SaSa”s
were put on non-woven fabric which was spread around feet of Shining Trees like
a surface of Lake Biwa.
Visitors could be surrounded by a lot of
illuminations, walking on a path set in this art work. Every candle-light
conveyed messages from cityscape or life which perished in an instant and also
the people who took off for a distant world. And towering Shining Trees were
the symbols of our destinations. The shining vegetation of this art work, trees
and SaSas, came up in the sacred shrine where we take over from our
forerunners, and held us who tried to walk on a new road.
movie:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a66ustD7XY0&context=C3610ef9ADOEgsToPDskJTh5nWUp8KeTNL8tct3J2P
had passed away in several disasters in this year 2011. Especially in Japan, the massive earthquake
hit this country land with the huge tsunami so much that considerable damage and profound sorrow came
to us. MoNo had the
opportunity to join the illumination event “Kusatsu Machiakari Yumeakari
Hanaakari – on autumnal Kusatsu road with sensory gratification”, which got
over 30 thousands visitors. So MoNo could open our work as one of programs of
“Akari Art Exhibition” which were held in some historic shrines and temples.
This event, 2011 is the 8th time, is operated
by the chamber of commerce of Kuatsu-city. This city is by the Lake Biwa and it
was an appointed area for inns along the 52 stages of the Tokaido road in the
Edo period as an important junction of two main roads, Tokaido with Nkasendo.
We can know the prosperity of this city with many shrines and temples in
existence or Honjin which is rebuilt and preserved as one of
government-designated historical site.
In such a city, in the grounds of “Oshioi
Shrine” which was constructed in Heian period (more than 1100 years ago),
MoNo’s art work was created and opened. It consisted of 2 installations,
”Shining Tree” which was higher than body length, and a lot of “SaSa” which
were put under foot of Shining Tree. The former is a illumination device made
of non- woven fabric which is cut like Shide (shrine’s white paper). A few
Shining Trees cleared the axis of this art space and led vision of the
visitors, being setting on the line connecting the Shrine Gate with the Sacred
Tree. And the latter is a new version of lighting shade “SaSa” redesigned for a
candle, which was designed in the image of bamboo leaves and opened with MoNo’s
work “UKIGUMO- floating clouds” in France 2010. Over 120 candles with “SaSa”s
were put on non-woven fabric which was spread around feet of Shining Trees like
a surface of Lake Biwa.
Visitors could be surrounded by a lot of
illuminations, walking on a path set in this art work. Every candle-light
conveyed messages from cityscape or life which perished in an instant and also
the people who took off for a distant world. And towering Shining Trees were
the symbols of our destinations. The shining vegetation of this art work, trees
and SaSas, came up in the sacred shrine where we take over from our
forerunners, and held us who tried to walk on a new road.
movie:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a66ustD7XY0&context=C3610ef9ADOEgsToPDskJTh5nWUp8KeTNL8tct3J2P
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