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This is a group of artists who would like to exhibit works that use human beings themselves as motifs and works that include a look at people's activities such as society and life. What kind of human beings/people are expressed through various artists? Please take a look.
See Saw Seeds is a collaborative project of art groups from different cultures. This time, Turku, Finland-based Videokaffe, Bremen-based Galerie Herold, and Kobe, Japan-based C.A.P. will work together to create ROKKO CHANG PONG. 44 artists from the three groups will participate in the project. Forty-four artists from three different groups have been working together, using 12 key words such as Forest, Stone, and Frequency as a starting point. Although they are still far away from each other, we hope you will experience this big chanpon.
The "Rokko Meets Art" was launched in 2010 with the aim of introducing the charm of contemporary art and Mt. Rokko.
A total of more than 400 artists have participated in the event so far, and many people have enjoyed the innovative works and the scenery that changes with the works every year.
This year's event, the 12th of its kind, will be another opportunity for people to discover and be surprised by art, and to learn about the "new charm of Mt. Rokko”.
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The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.Text by Steve Smith.
