About Chiharu Shiota: Beyond Time
With this installation she succeeds in connecting us to the spirit of the place, those who have occupied and may yet dwell in it; beyond time
- Veronica Simpson, Studio International
Acclaimed installation and performance artist Chiharu Shiota has created an awe-inspiring, site-specific installation of thread within the beautiful 18th-century Chapel.
Shiota is known for large-scale works such as The Key In The Hand (2015), an elaborate entanglement of red thread and keys, which she made when selected to represent Japan at the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Shiota’s work for YSP responds to and activates the unique architecture and heritage of the Chapel. Exemplary of her work’s resonance with memory and human relationships through the use of objects, the installation has interlaced the physical with conceptual to create a new visual plane – as if painting in mid-air.
Embracing all who enter within an extraordinary experience, Shiota’s project references the Chapel’s rich history and years of human presence, dating back to 1744, making poignant allusion to the bells that were rung, the songs that were sung, and the lives that revolved around it, from cradle to grave.
Simultaneously weightless and all-consuming, the mass of spritely string teases out this paradox of human memory.
- The Spaces
You might also like
- News
New bespoke food and drink products launch at YSP Shop
6 September 2024 - Art Outdoors
Alfredo Jaar: The Garden of Good and Evil
- Art Outdoors
Daniel Arsham: Unearthed Bronze Eroded Melpomene
Unearthed Bronze Eroded Melpomene is made from bronze and patinated using a green colour associated with classical sculpture. The sculpture references a statue from the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. - Event
Signs of the Landscape
Join us for a fascinating walk with a difference to discover and learn British Sign Language (BSL) for the nature at YSP.