And then i saw a white dome
September 23rd, 2010
Photos i took last month of the almost completed Teshima Art Museum – an art museum designed by one of Japan’s most important contemporary architects Ryue Nishizawa – built on Teshima, in the Seto Inland Sea. The Museum will house a permanent collection of artworks solely by Rei Naito.
Can you tell me a bit more about the project you are doing on Teshima? How are you and the architect Ryue Nishizawa considering the space of the museum?
My work will be inside the building. I wouldn’t exactly call it an art museum. It’s shaped like a falling water drop. There are no cylinders and it’s a large concrete building, about 40 meters wide. My work will essentially be composed of water on the floor. We work together so he asks me what do you want to do and I ask him what do you want to do. While listening to each other we consider the wider surroundings on the island.
FROM James Jack’s Interview on TOKYO ART BEAT (HERE):
We saw the museum under construction. To shoot these i had to jump fences and dodge two long rat snakes. Nishizawa’s construction is a vivid white growth, sunken into a small valley between a terraced rice fields and a hilltop with native trees. Seeing the white dome from afar as it was catching and reflecting afternoon sunlight – all seen from the back of a pickup truck driven by a local lemon farmer – was one of the best memories i have from the time on Teshima.
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