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An exhibition to explore the transformation of the architecture and landscape of Inujima Island,
From May 21, 2022, to September 4, 2022, a new exhibition entitled Symbiosis: Living Island will be held.
The exhibition aims to explore the transformation of the architecture and landscape of the Japanese island of Inujima over the course of 13 years.
The exhibition will take place at the Japan House in London, UK, and will be organized by the project’s Artistic Director Hasegawa Yoko,
who serves as Director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
The exhibition will also be co-organised by SANAA co-founder and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Kazuyo Sejima,
who was responsible for designing the Serpentine Pavilion in 2009.
Exhibition entitled Symbiosis: Living Island
Scheduled to open on May 21, 2022, and run until September 4, 2022 at Japan House, London,
the exhibition has been designed as a large-scale art and engineering project.
The exhibition, Blueprint for Extraordinary Living Art, will see how the island has changed its landscape,
and the lives of residents in the Seto Inland Sea since 2010.
The focus will highlight the interaction between nature and architecture and show how each project informs the other,
linking the islanders to both architecture and art through an ever-evolving environment, and how it creates coexistence through nature.
An exhibition to explore the transformation of the architecture and landscape of Inujima Island
Upon entering the gallery, visitors will encounter a series of architectural models,
photography and video, all providing a snapshot of daily life on the island.
The exhibition will also include oral testimonies from residents expressing the many ways the project has not only transformed Inujima into a “living island”
but has also positively impacted the lives of its more than 30 residents.
Over the years, the residents of the island have been closely involved in the development of the project that will improve the life of the island for future generations.
Revitalizing Inujima and Naoshima has been a long-term project since 2008,
with Inujima and Naoshima islands featuring work by world-renowned architects Tadao Ando,
who served as Creative Director and SANAA.
Architects have redesigned or reconstructed many homes, creating new art spaces with installations,
by preserving the local identity of the area.
While the project is designed as an important blueprint for the future of the community,
it outlines Hasegawa’s long-term vision for the future of the island.
Within the framework of the concept of “coexistence”,
it tells the story of what can happen when architects place nature and society as the cornerstone of how we live our daily lives.
Yellow flower dream
The exhibition will include a partial and complete replica of “Dream of the Yellow Flower” by Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes,
which will be on display on the ground floor.
Speaking at a press conference in 2017,
Kazuyo Sejima spoke about the effects of her architectural interventions on bringing this nearly deserted site to life.
An exhibition to explore the transformation of the architecture and landscape of Inujima Island
Inujima is home to various types of businesses, including homes,
new art spaces, galleries, and installations.
The project was implemented by working closely with artists, not only from Japan, but from all over the world.
For example, Nawa Kōhei, Kojin Haruka, Asai Yūsuke, and Olafur Eliasson.
The island is now home to five pavilions, along with outdoor galleries that evolve with the landscape over time.
Buildings are scattered throughout the tiny 0.54 square kilometer island,
which was once a thriving center of copper refining and quarrying.
The galleries are constructed from recycled materials, clear acrylic glass and aluminium,
each reflecting and preserving the island’s landscape, environment and industrial heritage.
Inujima is a place that embodies a harmonious ecosystem,
and the gallery organizers wanted to create a model of
how an island and its community can be revived and enriched by living alongside art.” Of the Symbiosis: Living Island Gallery.
The project has been expanded with Inujima Life Garden, since 2016, a botanical garden in a greenhouse.
Indoor and other offshore companies that have endorsed this activity have started a bar and amenities for overnight visitors to the island.
The ultimate purpose was to open the island as a platform for art and culture
and to create an inclusive environment that would keep the island’s population at its heart.
