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手つかずの広い更地が残っていたのです, 3年かけて探し回り, 私は富岡町を訪れ, 建設予定地を見学しました, そこで, 美術館の実現に向けて奮闘する宮島さんご本人, そして宮島事務所のメンバーの皆さんから, 直接お話を伺うことができました, デジタル数字を用いた作品で世界的に知られる現代美術家, が取り組む, 新しいアートプロジェクト, について知る機会がありました, このプロジェクトでは, 福島県富岡町に, をテーマとした創作と文化発信の拠点となる美術館を建設することが計画されています, 宮島達男さん, seaoftime, 時の海東北, tatsuomiyajima, 宮島達男, information, facing, weight, beginnings, forward, witnessing, grows, designed, architect, estonian, built, incorporating, former, military, runway, scheduled, 2028, tsuyoshi, tane, involving, participant, chooses, led, counter, moves, personalizing, contribution, thoughts, according, symbolizes, buddhist, worldview, representation, entire, universe, took, part, registering, holds, personal, became, contributors, participatory, thing, remark, younger, generations, loss, silicon, valley, begin, zero, frontier, against, expressing, resentment, wanted, reflect, sentiment, survivors, searching, coastline, great, vision, important, symbolic, element, coastal, towns, constructed, tall, walls, making, 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where things can begin again from zero this project is also a participatory artwork involving 3 000 people each participant chooses a speed for an led counter that moves from 9 to 1 personalizing their contribution based on their own thoughts and memories according to miyajima the number 3 000 symbolizes the buddhist worldview a representation of the entire universe i also took part registering a number that holds personal meaning to me and became one of the 3 000 contributors the museum will be designed by architect tsuyoshi tane known for the estonian national museum which was built by incorporating a former military runway the opening is currently scheduled for march 2028 standing at the site quiet open and facing the sea i felt both the weight of memory and the beginnings of something hopeful i m looking forward to witnessing how this project grows and how art may help shape the future of tohoku for more information about this museum sea of time tohoku project please visit the site seaoftime 時の海東北 tatsuomiyajima 宮島達男 先日 デジタル数字を用いた作品で世界的に知られる現代美術家 宮島達男さん が取り組む 新しいアートプロジェクト 時の海 ー 東北 について知る機会がありました このプロジェクトでは 福島県富岡町に 震災 時間 記憶 未来 をテーマとした創作と文化発信の拠点となる美術館を建設することが計画されています 私は富岡町を訪れ 建設予定地を見学しました そこで 美術館の実現に向けて奮闘する宮島さんご本人 そして宮島事務所のメンバーの皆さんから 直接お話を伺うことができました 宮島さんは 東日本大震災で被害を受けた東北の沿岸部を 3年かけて探し回り ようやくイメージに合う場所としてこの富岡町に辿り着いたそうです 震災後 多くの海岸線には津波対策として高い防波堤が築かれ 海が見える場所 という条件を満たす候補地はほとんど残っていませんでした しかし 長く帰還困難区域だった富岡には 手つかずの広い更地が残っていたのです そこで宮島さんが反映したかったのは 海を恨むのではなく 海と共に生きる という被災者の思いでした 印象的だったのは 宮島さんの言葉です 震災地と関わる若い世代は この地を単なる被災地ではなく ゼロから始められるフロンティア まるでシリコンバレーのような場所として捉えている のだと言います 作品は 3000人が参加する参加型アート ledカウンターが 9から1 へカウントダウンする速度を 参加者それぞれが選びます 宮島さんによると 3000という数字は仏教の世界観における 全世界の象徴 であり それが参加人数の理由だそうです 私も 自分にとって意味のある時間設定で参加し 3000人の一人になりました 美術館の設計は建築家 田根剛さん が手がけます 彼は 旧軍用滑走路の敷地を取り込みながら建設された エストニア国立博物館 の設計で知られる建築家です 開館予定は 2028年3月 静かで 広く そして海に開かれたあの土地に立った時 震災の記憶の重さと 新しい希望の始まりが同時に感じられました これからこのプロジェクトがどのように形づくられ 東北の未来に寄り添っていくのか その過程を見届けられることが楽しみです share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in uncategorized tagged art asia japan tomioka travel leave a reply season s greetings posted on january 12 2022 by sahoko 1 wishing your dreams come true with the coming new year a year has passed how did you end 2021 and what is in your mind for 2022 for me 2020 was ok as i was still adjusting myself to the life with covid 19 i completed a home renovation and created a confortable home office environment i discovered so adoptable me and was proud of myself how i could survive the pandemic last year wasn t so easy going i had a mixture of both positive and negative feelings hope disappointment frustration lack of stimulus and feeling stack i tried out some new things by maximizing a use digital tools and online learning as i did in 2020 that was good but lack of human interaction and little opportunities to travel even in the country made me feel suffocated particularly no travel to abroad despite under the seemingly endless pandemic where the emergence of next generation coronavirus seems unstoppable i am still hopeful for this year it is so pleasure to read messages from my friends suggesting me to meet up in somewhere in the global this year i send an applause to my friends in singapore who traveled to south africa and got restricted to travel back to singapore for already a couple of weeks how wonderful to see that they have been enjoying a mountain hike walking on the beach gathering around a big table with friends by the ocean their posts in facebook teach me that life is about having fun and enjoying i started my january 1st with a visit to peace park in hiroshima and had a long walk with my brothers who i didn t see last 2 years i also had a visit to golden pavillion kinkaku ji in the beautiful fine winter day in kyoto on my way back to tokyo we have been fortunate with beautiful weather throughout the first week of january i am fully recharged and filled with happiness all i can think of now is what shall i play now just like an innocent child may your new year be blessed with love and new adventure share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in 2022 seasonsgreetings tagged goldenpavillion kinkakuji kyoto newyear2022 1 reply art fair tokyo 2021 posted on march 22 2021 by sahoko 1 art fair tokyo was held from march 18th to 21st this year last year the fair was obliged to cancel due to the covid 19 so that when the announcement of this year s fair came out it got an unexpected excitement i have a huge appreciation to the organizer and participated galleries for their strong will to sustain the art fair in tokyo even under such condition the site was full of cheerful people with smiling face and surrounded by a optimistic mood though we didn t have exhibitors from abroad the exhibition seemed to have the same magnitude as one before with an excuse of covid 19 i hadn t had virtually much access to art nowadays just walking through and hunting for my favorite kind of art works i was filled with joy it is interesting to notice myself is that i was more attracted by 3d works i guess that this reflects the current segregated living condition under the pandemic i may be wanting to connect and be around by humanity the one i particularly fall in love with is the work of hirosuke yabe it is a kind of chainsaw art hirosuke creates wooden sculpture using a nata a japanese hatchet his art pieces use a motif of animals people and monsters like they look funny cute sweet or sad one finds a immediate connection with a character as if to connect with a pet kunihiko nohara is another artist who i was fascinated with he describes the emotions and the sceneries by using a metaphor of clouds and smokes those emotions such as a sense of freedom a pleasure of time or desire definitely existed in a moment of time but disappeared or got forgotten from memories kunihiko nohara sees the importance of preserving such emotions as these are critical parts for being oneself the work of both hirosuke yabe and kunihiko nohara were actually exhibited in art fair tokyo 2019 but i didn t notice it i have been visiting art fair tokyo almost every year and i was always particular about my choices it was interesting discovery about myself how the connection with art has been changed even in two years and how big the impact of the pandemic is share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new 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by the river share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr like loading posted in music uncategorized tagged japaneseguitar yukihiroatsumi leave a reply visiting rikushu no matsu 陸舟の松 posted on december 9 2018 by sahoko 2 i visited kinkaku ji in kyoto last weekend kankaku ji the golden pavilion is one of the most iconic site in kyoto autumn is one of the best season to visit there autumn colour of maple leaves enhance its beauty the pond surrounding kinkaku ji is called kyokochi pond 鏡湖池 mirror pond that reflects kinkaku ji on its surface there are many articles about kinkaku ji available online so that i don t write about it here but would like to touch on rikushu no matsu 陸舟の松 rikushu no matsu is located in the garden of shoin study hall at the east side of the kyokochi pond the japanese white pine tree of rikushu no matsu was originally from a bonsai grown and cared by ashikaga yoshimitsu 足利 義満 sept 25 1358 may 31 1408 the 3rd shōgun of the ashikaga shogunate yoshimitsu firstly planted the bonsai tree in the ground then trained it like a boat shape as yoshimitsu grew this from bonsai by himself the age of the tree is estimated about 600 years old as the head of the ship is heading westward it is said that the ship was made from the idea of heading toward the buddha s land of bliss in the west by the way one of the reasons came from the recently released film bohemian rhapsody it is a film about freddie mercury s life a legendary lead singer of queen freddie is known as a japanophile and things japanese are seen in some scenes in the film in one scene i found an amulet from kinkaku ji stuck onto the wall of fredde s house i may have visited there share this share on x opens in new window x share on 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mari yamasaki in which the bathhouses culture in roman era appeared in comparison with japanese sentō in modern day but it was too brash to connect his italian origin and the theme alessandro said there are several reasons that he came to be interested in sentō and choose as the theme of his exhibition sentō was his first encounter about japanese culture getting into such a hot water and be in the same bath with many other naked men before settled in tokyo he started visiting japan 13 years ago being fascinated by public baths he started exploring public baths in a different town every time he visited japan alessandro also pointed out the difference in the way having human relations and interactions between italy and japan in italy people are more expressive while japanese is in general shyer not easy to express oneself therefore getting know each other needs a bit of patience with such a contrast he has got more conscious in the aspect of people s connections and it is reflected in his work in sentō exhibition what amazing is his vivid and concise portray of people in bath room and dressing room i can picture it clearly and feel like i am in the scene alessandro s sharp observant eye is used for the chose of colors used in the work he said that it is fully influenced by the old color faded signboards from 70s and 80s that he discovers in the daily life 肌競花の勝婦湯 豊原国周 画 his work reminds me ukiyoe in edo era the scene in public baths is a popular theme alessandro said that the composition and the way to describe the detail in ukiyoe has fixed in his mind alessandro is preparing for the next exhibition in june 2019 with a theme of city boy he said that it will be held in a gallery in harajuku by reflecting the theme his source of inspiration is a daily life once his appetite is caught he search for it as he wants to know more he sometime wonders what if he lived in africa how his work would be differed he is certainly not only one who wants to see how his work could be in africa alessandro bioletti alessandro bioletti born in turin on 21st august 1986 alessandro is a professional freelance illustrator as a child alessandro loved to look through his grandfathers photo books of japan and started taking a strong interest in the country and it s culture at 16 alessandro began taking lessons in the japanese language and at 18 made his first voyage to the country alesandro has continued to travel and document his adventures through his drawings over the years these two passions have become intertwined and in december 2014 published his first children s book mitsukete alekun sekai no tabi find mr ale around the world with the highly reputable japanese publisher shogakukan in 2015 alessandro left italy and migrated to tokyo japan where he now works as an illustrator for various advertising campaigns editorials picture books and a multitude of interesting projects for businesses worldwide for more info please go to his own site and canvas tokyo bioletti 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