Ariel

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Open all year / Closed on Tue & Wed except holidays *Closed for year-end and New Year's holidays 26 Dec, 2023-3 Jan, 2024
Photo Kioku Keizo
Photo Kioku Keizo

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About the artwork

The artwork is created by taking inspirations from Ariel, the airy spirit which appears in William Shakespeare’sThe Tempet. Two mechanical puppets made of parachute cloth move as the drums on the pedestal beat a rhythm. Unexpected scene will appear in front of your eyes as an air actuator sends air to make random wind blow.

 #1 “Air and sound”  / Site-Specific Artists in Echigo-Tsumari / Interviewed by Fram Kitagawa

Video Shooting : Yamaoka Nobutaka (Film Director)

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Artwork no. T411
Production year 2021
Opening hours [~7/2, 11/11~] 10:00-17:00 (last admission 16:30)
[7/13~11/10] 9:30-18:00 (last admission 17:30)
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 13 Jul to 30 Sep, and 13-16 Aug: 9:30-20:00.
*Opening hours may be reduced in winter. 
Admission [MonET entrance fee ~7/2, 11/11~]
[Permanent exhibition] Adult: ¥1000, U15: ¥500
[Special exhibition (including permanent exhibition) ] Adult: ¥1200, U15: ¥600

[MonET entrance fee 7/13~11/10]
Adult: ¥1500, U15: ¥800
(*Depending on the period, Passport for viewing artworks and common tickets may be sold.)
Closed Tue & Wed
*If Tuesday and Wednesday are consecutive holidays, the next business day is closed)
*Closed for year-end and New Year's holidays 26 Dec, 2023-3 Jan, 2024
Area Tokamachi
Village MonET
Open dates Open all year / Closed on Tue & Wed except holidays *Closed for year-end and New Year's holidays 26 Dec, 2023-3 Jan, 2024
Venue Museum on Echigo-Tsumari, MonET(6-1, Honmachi, Tokamachi-city, Niigata Prefecture)
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