Concept of the Project
For this project, the entire courtyard in which botanist Patrick Blanc's permanent exhibit Green Bridge is installed will be turned into a space devoted to plants. Morning glories, a species that is the subject of Blanc's research (and a species that is important to him), will cover the paths and walls of the courtyard. Blanc will choose the morning glory varieties/seeds and design the layout, and with the addition of The seeds for “Asatte Asagao Project 21”, a work created as part of “Asatte Asagao Project 21”, which was undertaken at the museum in 2007 by Hibino Katsuhiko, the site will take on a completely new appearance with morning glories filling multiple layers of space time with "symbiosis" as a keyword. The growth of plants and the fruition of this as represented by seeds will be reduced to an anonymous presence in the form of biological activity itself, an activity that encompasses time, region, and memory.
□Artists:
Patrick BLANC "Sunset – Sunrise Ark" plan
HIBINO Katsuhiko The seeds for “Asatte Asagao Project 21”
□Overview:
・Organized by: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation)
・Venue: Courtyard 3 in 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art,
Kanazawa and other
・Period: early July, 2012 – March 17, 2013 (plan)
*Exhibition Period：“Son et Lumière – Material, Transition, Time”
Saturday April 28, 2012 – Sunday November 4, 2012
“son et lumière, et” (provisional title)
Saturday September 15, 2012 – Sunday March 17, 2013
Sunset – Sunrise Ark: NEWS PAPER TIMES
From HIBINO Katsuhiko:
In the museum courtyard, we will publish a newspaper printed with memory of the morning glories raised in the courtyard in 2012. The 10m x 9m paper will change day by day under the effects of the light, rain, and winds that fill the courtyard. These changes we will perceive as a newspaper that reports each day’s information.
・Period: January 4 to March 17, 2013
※Note: To view the newspaper, a ticket to “Son et Lumière, et sagesse profonde” is needed.
・Number of copies: 1 (size: about 10m x 9m)
・in cooperation with: Marujyu Paper Company
♢Public paper production for the NEWS PAPER
January 4 ~ 6
From January 4 (Fri) to 6 (Sun) 2013 during exhibition hours (until 20:00 on the 4th and 5th; until 18:00 on the 6th)
Note: Paper production may take a recess. Public paper production will take place in the courtyard.
About Artists:
Patrick BLANC
Born in Paris, France in 1953. Lives there.
Obtained a Docteur d’état ès Sciences in 1989. A botanist as well as an artist, Patrick Blanc noticed while carrying out research on the ability of plants to adapt to their environment that they are able to grow even under extremely limited conditions, which led him to embark on a series of works known as ‘vertical gardens’ in which he covers exterior walls and other surfaces of buildings with special felt into which he then plants vegetation. Examples of his work can be found at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art and the Quai Branly Museum in Paris.
HIBINO Katsuhiko
Born in Gifu, Japan in 1958. Lives in Tokyo, Japan.
Hibino Katsuhiko first attracted attention in the 1980s with his artworks made from cardboard, and he subsequently went on to break new ground with his activities across various genres including graphic design, stage design, and performance. Since the 1990s he has held numerous workshops, the experiences of which have had a major influence on his own art practice. The experience of confronting the ‘self’ through encounters with the ‘other’, which Hibino refers to as the “HOME→AND←AWAY” SYSTEM, lies at the heart of his current activities.