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This art work was dedicated to the people who had passed away in several disasters in this year 2011.
Especially in Japan, the massive earthquake hit this country land with the huge tsunami so much that　considerable damage and profound sorrow came to us.
MoNo had the opportunity to join the illumination event "Kusatsu Machiakari Yumeakari Hanaakari -- on autumnal Kusatsu road with sensory gratification", which got over 30 thousands visitors. So MoNo could open our work as one of programs of "Akari Art Exhibition" which were held in some historic shrines and temples.
In such a event, in the grounds of "Oshioi Shrine" which was constructed in Heian period (more than 1100 years ago), MoNo's art work was created and opened. It consisted of 2 installations, "Shining Tree" which was higher than body length, and a lot of "SaSa" which were put under foot of Shining Tree. The former is a illumination device made of non- woven fabric which is cut like Shide (shrine's white paper). A few Shining Trees cleared the axis of this art space and led vision of the visitors, being setting on the line connecting the Shrine Gate with the Sacred Tree.
And the latter is a new version of lighting shade "SaSa" redesigned for a candle, which was designed in the image of bamboo leaves and opened with MoNo's work "UKIGUMO- floating clouds" in France 2010.
Over 120 candles with "SaSa"s were put on non-woven fabric which was spread around feet of Shining Trees like a surface of Lake Biwa.
Visitors could be surrounded by a lot of illuminations, walking on a path set in this art work. Every candle-light conveyed messages from cityscape or life which perished in an instant and also the people who took off for a distant world. And towering Shining Trees were the symbols of our destinations. The shining vegetation of this art work, trees and SaSas, came up in the sacred shrine place where we take over from our forerunners, and held us who tried to walk on a new road.

designer : MoNo ＜ http://www.mono-japan.net/
Organizer : Kusatsu Machiakari Hanaakari Yumeakari Executive Committee
Site : Oshioi Shrine 2-2-33 Oji Kusatus Shiga JAPAN
Dates : 18:00 - 21:00 04 - 05. NOV. 2011