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LIFE−WELL Installation (2013)
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani
展览现场，《“生命-井”装置》(北京版本)(2013/2021)，坂本龙一 + 高谷史郎，“观 音·听时”, 木木美术馆(钱粮胡同馆)，北京，2021
摄影:木木美术馆摄像团队
Installation view, LIFE-WELL Installation (Beijing version), 2013/2021, Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, ‘seeing sound, hearing time’, courtesy M WOODS HUTONG, Beijing, 2021.
Photo by M WOODS photography team
摄影:木木美术馆摄像团队
Installation view, LIFE-WELL Installation (Beijing version), 2013/2021, Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, ‘seeing sound, hearing time’, courtesy M WOODS HUTONG, Beijing, 2021.
Photo by M WOODS photography team
展览现场，《“生命-井”装置》(北京版本)(2013/2021)，坂本龙一 + 高谷史郎，“观 音·听时”, 木木美术馆(钱粮胡同馆)，北京，2021
摄影:木木美术馆摄像团队
Installation view, LIFE-WELL Installation (Beijing version), 2013/2021, Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, ‘seeing sound, hearing time’, courtesy M WOODS HUTONG, Beijing, 2021.
Photo by M WOODS photography team
摄影:木木美术馆摄像团队
Installation view, LIFE-WELL Installation (Beijing version), 2013/2021, Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, ‘seeing sound, hearing time’, courtesy M WOODS HUTONG, Beijing, 2021.
Photo by M WOODS photography team
撮影：丸尾隆一（YCAM）
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
撮影：丸尾隆一（YCAM）
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
撮影：丸尾隆一（YCAM）
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
撮影：丸尾隆一（YCAM）
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
A fog machine is set up within a dried pond, generating fog that builds and shifts around the grounds of a shrine. Sakamoto associates this pond with the dried-up well in W.B. Yeats' play, At the Hawk's Well. Sensors capture the shape of the fog in real-time, converting it into sound.
Exhibitions:
2013 Noda Shrine, Yamaguchi, commissioned by YCAM
2014 Park Hyatt, Tokyo
2021 MWOODS, Beijing
2024 - 2025 LIFE−WELL TOKYO Fog Sculpture #47662, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo [MOT]
2013 Noda Shrine, Yamaguchi, commissioned by YCAM
2014 Park Hyatt, Tokyo
2021 MWOODS, Beijing
2024 - 2025 LIFE−WELL TOKYO Fog Sculpture #47662, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo [MOT]
Technical Requirements:
LIFE–WELL TOKYO Fog Sculpture #47662 (2024)
Minimum Space Dimensions
W 50m x D 30m x H (TBD)
- water
- water supply
- fog system
- high pressure hose
- 10 x speakers
- 5 x speaker amps
- 2 x computer (mac bookpro)
- 2 x audio interface
- 4 x camera
- LED system
- mirror system
*use large amount of water
LIFE–WELL TOKYO Fog Sculpture #47662 (2024)
Minimum Space Dimensions
W 50m x D 30m x H (TBD)
- water
- water supply
- fog system
- high pressure hose
- 10 x speakers
- 5 x speaker amps
- 2 x computer (mac bookpro)
- 2 x audio interface
- 4 x camera
- LED system
- mirror system
*use large amount of water
LIFE−WELL Installation (2013)
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani
展览现场，《“生命-井”装置》(北京版本)(2013/2021)，坂本龙一 + 高谷史郎，“观 音·听时”, 木木美术馆(钱粮胡同馆)，北京，2021
摄影:木木美术馆摄像团队
Installation view, LIFE-WELL Installation (Beijing version), 2013/2021, Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, ‘seeing sound, hearing time’, courtesy M WOODS HUTONG, Beijing, 2021.
Photo by M WOODS photography team
摄影:木木美术馆摄像团队
Installation view, LIFE-WELL Installation (Beijing version), 2013/2021, Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, ‘seeing sound, hearing time’, courtesy M WOODS HUTONG, Beijing, 2021.
Photo by M WOODS photography team
展览现场，《“生命-井”装置》(北京版本)(2013/2021)，坂本龙一 + 高谷史郎，“观 音·听时”, 木木美术馆(钱粮胡同馆)，北京，2021
摄影:木木美术馆摄像团队
Installation view, LIFE-WELL Installation (Beijing version), 2013/2021, Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, ‘seeing sound, hearing time’, courtesy M WOODS HUTONG, Beijing, 2021.
Photo by M WOODS photography team
摄影:木木美术馆摄像团队
Installation view, LIFE-WELL Installation (Beijing version), 2013/2021, Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, ‘seeing sound, hearing time’, courtesy M WOODS HUTONG, Beijing, 2021.
Photo by M WOODS photography team
撮影：丸尾隆一（YCAM）
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
撮影：丸尾隆一（YCAM）
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
撮影：丸尾隆一（YCAM）
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
撮影：丸尾隆一（YCAM）
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
写真提供：山口情報芸術センター［YCAM］
Photo by Ryuichi Maruo
Courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Installtion view: LIFE-WELL, 2013, Noda Shrine
A fog machine is set up within a dried pond, generating fog that builds and shifts around the grounds of a shrine. Sakamoto associates this pond with the dried-up well in W.B. Yeats' play, At the Hawk's Well. Sensors capture the shape of the fog in real-time, converting it into sound.
Exhibitions:
2013 Noda Shrine, Yamaguchi, commissioned by YCAM
2014 Park Hyatt, Tokyo
2021 MWOODS, Beijing
2024 - 2025 LIFE−WELL TOKYO Fog Sculpture #47662, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo [MOT]
2013 Noda Shrine, Yamaguchi, commissioned by YCAM
2014 Park Hyatt, Tokyo
2021 MWOODS, Beijing
2024 - 2025 LIFE−WELL TOKYO Fog Sculpture #47662, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo [MOT]
Technical Requirements:
LIFE–WELL TOKYO Fog Sculpture #47662 (2024)
Minimum Space Dimensions
W 50m x D 30m x H (TBD)
- water
- water supply
- fog system
- high pressure hose
- 10 x speakers
- 5 x speaker amps
- 2 x computer (mac bookpro)
- 2 x audio interface
- 4 x camera
- LED system
- mirror system
*use large amount of water
LIFE–WELL TOKYO Fog Sculpture #47662 (2024)
Minimum Space Dimensions
W 50m x D 30m x H (TBD)
- water
- water supply
- fog system
- high pressure hose
- 10 x speakers
- 5 x speaker amps
- 2 x computer (mac bookpro)
- 2 x audio interface
- 4 x camera
- LED system
- mirror system
*use large amount of water