Ebisu Higashi Park in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, is famous for its octopus-shaped slide. In this park, also known as "Octopus Park," a work of art has appeared.
The sculpture that sits on the floor is a work by Kohei Nawa, a sculptor active in Japan and abroad.
It is a combination of his signature sculpture series "Ether" and a motif of a figure looking up at it, and was created in collaboration with Nawa and dancer Min Tanaka, and was inspired by the performance work "From the Other Shore," which was shown in 2024.
This isIt has been introduced in Huynem several times before.The project is part of the "Shibuya Arrow Project" launched by Shibuya Ward in 2017 to inform visitors to the area of temporary evacuation sites and evacuation routes in the event of a disaster.
Following the mural by Barry McGee, the photography by Daido Moriyama, and the murals by HITOTZUKI and Ayako Rokkaku, a new sculpture by Nawa was created in Octopus Park.
Incidentally, Yebisu Garden Place is the nearest temporary disaster evacuation site from Octopus Park and Mr. Nawa's sculpture.
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