Heroes Not Zombies

Today I went to the Mori Arts Centre, on the 53rd floor of this building in Roppongi Hills….

…where there is an exhibition, entitled “Sensing Nature”. Apparently there are two words for “nature” in Japanese. The original meant “as is”, and the newer one is like the Western idea of “nature” being like “wilderness”, or “countryside”. There are installations from Yoshioka Tokujin, Shinoda Taro and Kuribayashi Takashi.

Here’s one entitled “Forest from Forest”

This is made from washi paper, and you have to stoop or crawl underneath it, and pop your head up through a hole torn in the paper forest floor.

Two of the other installations are better captured on video. Here they are

Recommended. I haven’t seen anything quite like this before.