About the artwork
The large-scale installation The Last Class, which has been displayed throughout the former Higashikawa Elementary School since 2006, is joined by the new work Shadow Theater. Projected onto the classroom walls emerging from the darkness are the shadows of creatures traversing the boundary between life and death: skeletons, bats, angels.Fantastical and humorous, it resembles children’s play. Yet these creatures dancing amidst light and shadow also hint at “death, which universally comes to all.” This piece stands as one of the artist’s signature works, continuing to express the life and death of anonymous individuals and groups.
[Coordination] Akemi Shiraha
[Supported by] Institut français
Information and Map
| Artwork no. | Y101 |
|---|---|
| Production year | 2018 |
| Opening hours | 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (until 4:00 PM from October to March) |
| Admission | The Last Class Admission Fee: Adults ¥800, Elementary/Junior High Students ¥400 ※ETAT Passports or Common Tickets may be sold depending on the period. |
| Closed | 4/25 – 11/23: closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except national holidays; from 11/28: open Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays only *Closed for the year-end and New Year holidays: 12/21 – 1/8 |
| Area | Matsunoyama |
| Village | Higashikawa |
| Open dates | Open year-round (4/25 – 11/23: closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except national holidays; from 11/28: open Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays only) *Closed for the year-end and New Year holidays: 12/21 – 1/8 |
| Venue | 192 Higashikawa, Matsunoyama, Tokamachi city |
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