About the artwork
For several years now, I have been presenting artworks using spheres. This artwork is an extension of that practice. Five spheres bear randomly inscribed place names from around the world. I have a particular fondness for names, especially place names. I engraved those land names onto the five spheres. Al-Elg, Gaza, Ramallah, Lima, Tombouctou, Minnesota, Ezuriko, Bucharest, Nancy, Kuji—the list goes on and on.I chose an elementary school as the installation site because I wanted these spheres to become playthings and hoped the children’s names would remain in my artwork. With the children’s cooperation, the artwork was completed. This was my first collaborative artwork involving others, and I am delighted that 58 elementary school students participated.
Information and Map
| Artwork no. | Y029 |
|---|---|
| Production year | 2003 |
| Opening hours | daytime |
| Admission | (During certain periods, we sell ETAT Passports and Common Tickets) |
| Closed | Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (except holidays; outside artworks remain viewable on closed days), Winter |
| Area | Matsunoyama |
| Village | Matsunoyama |
| Open dates | May 16 - November 8, 2026 (Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except holidays) |
| Venue | 1162-3 Matsunoyama, Tokamachi city Matsunoyama Elementary School |
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