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Hidetomo Kimura's traveling 'Art Aquarium'
exhibition puts on display around 5,000 goldfish and 3,000 other
maritime creatures, such as seahorses, in 130 LED-lit tanks of
various shapes, colors and sizes.
The LED displays provide a colorful variety of moving images,
such as one of sakura blossoms falling serenely from the sky, to
the accompaniment of music.
"I wanted to create an artistic installation which is alive by
using real fish, rather than materials or pictures," Kimura said
on the sidelines of the exhibition.
Kimura creates similar installations several times a year to
show all over Japan. This year's 'Art Aquarium', which marks a
decade since Kimura's first such display, is also set to show in
the western city of Kyoto in the fall.
This year's exhibition features hundreds of varieties of
goldfish, including several cross-bred species. The fish swim in
bubbling fishbowls made of magnifying glass, draped with lace or
shaped like Japanese lanterns, among others.
One of the new works this year, in which Black Moor goldfish
swirl about as their shadows are projected onto a white LED
screen, creates an illusion of a Japanese ink-and-wash painting.
The exhibition is on show at the Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall till
Sept 24.
(Reporting by Hyun Oh; Writing by Kanupriya Kapoor; Editing by
Clarence Fernandez)
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