Water at your feet (200 cubic meters)

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Open year-round (Until Nov. 30: Closed Tuesdays, From Dec. 1: Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Photo by ANZAÏ

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About the artwork

The concept for this artwork stems from road construction I once witnessed in front of my residence. One day, a large square hole was dug in the road before my eyes, and work began. Then, after some time, the road was repaved as if nothing had happened, and the underground cavity was filled to the brim with water.It was a firewater reservoir construction project. This process suspended the mass of water in limbo, between existence and non-existence. Witnessing this construction led me to the conviction that the very substance of facts or existence is precarious and erotic.I wanted to present the space between real water (or things) and imagined water (or things), or the vibrating zone where they meet. First, by entering the inner cavity of the steel structure, I dissolved the artwork into part of the architecture. By doing so, I aimed to neutralize as much as possible the material presence of the iron sealing the water, shifting the experience of water into an experience of the conceptual realm.

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Artwork no. Y023
Production year 2003
Opening hours daytime
Admission (During certain periods, we sell ETAT Passports and Common Tickets)
Closed [Until 11/30] Closed Tuesdays, [Starting 12/1] Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays (Open on holidays; closed the following weekday)
Area Matsunoyama
Village Matsuguchi
Official website http://www.matsunoyama.com/kyororo/
Open dates Open year-round (Until November 30: Closed Tuesdays; From December 1: Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Venue "Forest School" Kyororo (1712-2 Matsuguchi, Matsunoyama, Tokamachi city, Niigata Prefecture)
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