Ommane kaze

Open
4/27-11/10,2024 (Closed on Tue & Wed except holidays)
Photo by ANZAÏ

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About the artwork

This wori is designed to be a stage for festivals and other events. Ommane Kaze was inspired by mane, the rotating prayer wheels of Tibetan Buddhism. While Tibetan mane contains sutra scrolls, my mane contains papers where residents’ wishes are written and are raised on the day of the annual “Festival of the Winds.” The wishes are not addressed to a deity, but to the wind. Whenever the mane containing the inhabitants’ wishes rotates with the wind, it communicates the hope that the town may be free of disasters and that all of the wishes come true… Mane, a symbol of universal gravitation, should absorb natural energy and generate a powerful attractive field for the stage. I hope that the inhabitants share their joy on this stage at the festival, where they express their ardent wishes for the strength to live through the bitter winter weather.

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Artwork no. T074
Production year 2003
Opening hours Daytime
Admission - (Depending on the period, Passport for viewing artworks and common tickets may be sold.)
Closed Closed on Tue & Wed except holidays (Outdoor artworks can be viewed even on regular closing day.) / Winter season
Area Tokamachi
Village Kawaji
Open dates 4/27-11/10,2024 (Closed on Tue & Wed except holidays)
Venue Kawaji, Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture
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