D12Art Project

Giant Littles

Yoshiaki Kuribara

Area
DAIMARUYU・Nihonbashi・Kyobashi・Ginza
Period
2021.08.20(Fri) - 09.05(Sun)
Hours
All day open
Venue
TOKYO TORCH Park South Side
Others

Free Admission
1.Another venue《Giant Littles》
・Period:2021.07.21(Wed) – 08.17(Tue)
・Hours:11:00〜20:00
・Venue:3331 Arts Chiyoda 1F Wooddeck(6-11-14, Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

2.Another venue
・Period:2021.08.01(Sun) – 08.05(Thu)
・Hours:11:00〜21:00(Last entry 30 minutes before closing)
・Venue:3331 Arts Chiyoda Stairs(6-11-14, Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

3.《PURE LIFE》Workshop to make an egg shell
・Date:2021.07.31(Sat)
・Hours:10:30〜12:30
・Venue:3331 Arts Chiyoda Rooftop(6-11-14, Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

4.《PURE LIFE》Performance & Workshop to break an egg shell
・Date:2021.08.06(Fri)
・Hours:18:15〜18:45
・Venue:New Tokyo Bldg. 1st floor lobby(3-1, Marunouchi 3-chome,Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo)

Summer in Tokyo is hot. It is said to be hotter than it was even 100 years ago. Kuribara’s idea to confront such high temperatures is to use the “summer heat” as a material for his work. His proposal is for a “cool sculpture” made of absorbent material that can cool the temperature through heat generated by vaporization.

How will the temperature and environment change in 100 years? By looking at the critical juncture we currently face as an opportunity, we can make a new beginning.
As an expression of this beginning, the sculpture “Giants Littles” will be exhibited, representing the birth of new people.

(As of June 2021)

1: “Giant”, 2020, Marunouchi,Chiyoda Ward
2: “Giant”, 2020, Marunouchi, Chiyoda Ward, photo by YUKAI
3: “Big Akita”, 2014-2020, Odate City, Akita Prefecture, photo by Tokumasa Matsubuchi

活動レポート

[Exhibition] Giants (August 21-30, 2020)
In the heart of Tokyo, where the heat island phenomenon has made the city hotter, a cool spot that can be used in the summer heat has appeared. A colossal 3-meter-tall sculpture called “Giant” has appeared in the Maru Building, becoming a place for the community to relax.



Artist

Yoshiaki Kuribara (Artist)

Born 1980 in Gunma Prefecture. With the belief that an artist should embody freedom, I continue to create ambitiously in sculpture and painting, installation, video, performance, film, workshop and and any other medium, without limiting myself to a specific style or expression.

Venue

Location

2-6-4 Otemachi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo

Access

・Direct access from “Otemachi” Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line.

Others

Inquiries
tb2020.jp/en/contact-en
(Tokyo Biennale Executive Office)