Installation work Date of work: 2008 Medium: mixed media (seeds, fruits, plants, flowers, found objects, photographs, poem, drawings, video projection) Dimensions: size variable Description: Seeds collected by the artist. This artwork is including uncontrollable elements such as "Fruit rots", "Seed and Plant grow", "Leaf trembles".....their biological life cycle. "Garden prayer" Imagine a month Standing in front of a fruit shop Waiting to see the moment Fruit turning into seed Waiting, watching Unable to see Imagine a month Standing in the woods Waiting to see the moment Fruit turning into seed Waiting, watching Fruit fades Returning to seed The essence The moment may arrives 「庭で何を願うのか」 たとえば、 ひと月のあいだ、 フルーツショップの前にずっと立ち続けたとして、 果実が種子となる瞬間を目にすることは できない だろう たとえば、 ひと月のあいだ森の中にずっと立ち続けることができたなら、 果実が種子となる瞬間を目にすることが できる だろうか？ (「庭で何を願うのか」 / "Garden prayer" the original text written in Japanese, by artist. translate: Tomoko TADA)  (Installation view, fruits-seeds-plants-found objects) photo: Shigeo ANZAI
 (Installation view, words-poems-texts-drawings-photos-video projection-found objects) photo: Shigeo ANZAI
 (Installation view, words-poems-texts-drawings-photos-found objects)
 (Installation view, fruits-seeds-plants-found objects) photo: Shigeo ANZAI  (Detail, pistachio's shell-mouse trap) photo: Shigeo ANZAI
 (Detail, leaf of ginkgo turns round and round.)   and you can see more images about "Garden prayer" on Flickr "Garden prayer": http://flickr.com/gp/tetsuro_kano/06QFYh |
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