Wednesday, 7 December 2022

Japan: Day 10









Today we hop on a ferry and visit Teshima. The Island was originally used to dump waste. The Island was reborn through art.

We are presented with a concrete monolith with two holes in the roof and small holes in the floor leaking water.
Windows in the roof highlight native tree birds. More aware of nature when glimpse a slice of it. Hear birds. Glorious. Unexpected. Not natural.   

The building changes with time of day and weather
Tourist: An amazing immersive experience about birth and life change.
Guide: I don’t tell people what to expect. They must experience it for themselves.

The building is an amazing engineering achievement on this Island. They had to know all. There is a great big thick book of all the physics involved.

I don’t see the building as a work of art.

Art should be enjoyable. Sound good. Look good. In tune with basic laws.

No photos allowed inside. Photos are allowed of numerous instillations we encounter.


 

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