Mori Art Museum...
7:15 p.m.
08/05/19 - Floor 53 of Mori Tower, in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, houses the MAM (Mori Art Museum), a private museum with a collection focused in Japanese Contemporary Art. The exhibition currently on display belongs to the permanent collection and it's entitled "MAM Collection 009".
Among the most interesting pieces is the presentation of the artwork "What the Birds Knew", by the duo of Ken (Tokio, 1971) and Julia Yonetani (Tokio, 1972): a sculpture that represents a giant green ant that glows in the dark. To make it, the artists used uranium glass and UV light. The piece was inspired by a legend of the Australian aborigen, according to which, if you dig the land really deep, or if you work it carelessly, a giant ant will rise and destroy the world. The duo uses the legend to provide support to environmental care. On the other hand, the name of the artwork was taken the Kurosawa's movie that portrays a man in fear of nuclear attack.
What The Birds Knew, by Ken + Julia Yonetani (2012)
Material: uranium glass, wire, UV light
This gigantic and brilliant creation can also be seen as warning against the use of uranium-fueled nuclear power, an unconventional material in the art world.
(To be continued...)
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