Sea of Time’98

Plastic coated waterproof Light Emitting Diode, IC, electric wire, water, FRP water pool.

486 x 577 x 15 cm

Site specific commissioned work

 
1998
Courtesy Benesse Art Site NaoshimaArt Consulting Firm
Photo: Norihiro Ueno

 

This old house called "Kadoya," built about 200 years ago, was restored using Japanese plaster, smoked cedar board, and traditional roof tiles. Miyajima built a water pool inside the house, and put LED devices which counts from 1 to 9 in the water. He called for local residents to participate in his "time-setting" workshop, and had 125 people to adjust the speed of each counter.

List of participants:  Akinori Takahashi / Marisa Ueda / Ami Katayama / Akane Kobayashi / Azusa Nakano / Aya Nakane / Aiko Yamaguchi / Ayaka Yamagami / Izumi Mizuno / Ichiro Oyama / Emiko Mizuno / Kaoru Oyama / Kazumasa Miyake / Katsutaro Miyake / Kaito Takada / Kazuichi Nitta / Kazunari Okamoto / Kyoko Nouda / Kiyotaka Nakane / Kumiko Murao / Kumiko Ito / Keiichi Ueda / Keiko Akabane / Keiko Takada / Kentaro Kamei / Koki Nakano / Tomoko Otani / Tomomi Kobayashi / Sachi Kawamoto / Sara Katayama / Satoshi Miyake / Sayaka Takada / Sakae Ishida / Sakiko Hirai / Shinya Otani / Masato Miyake / Shinobu Morii / Shimako Konishi / Syun Nakane / Syunsuke Otani / Shigemi Ishita / Jyunko Ueda / Suzuyo Katayama / Sumiko Nishi / Setsuko Katayama / Seiya Kuroda / Takenori Shimozu / Takashi Matsumoto / Takeo Katayama / Tadashi Murao / Tatsuya Ito / Chieko Nakane / Chizuko Ikeda / Teruko Morii / Sadako Sakaiya / Tokikichi Ishimoto / Toshio Matsushima / Toshihiro Yutou / Tokuhiro Okamoto / Toshio Oyama / Naoko Kawata / Nagisa Akabane / Nrumi Okamoto / Tokugi Haneda / Noriko Takahashi / Noriko Doi / Noriko Kamei / Hatsue Kawaguchi / Harumi Oyama / Haruki Tanaka / Mitsuko Fukutake / Kikuta Osamu / Reiko & Souichiro Fukutake / Ichiro Ueda / Chikatsura Miyake / Akiko Miyake / Hisashi Otani / Hidenori Oshima / Hiromi Akabane / Hitomi Otsuka / Hiroko Okamoto / Hiroko Harada / Susumu Hirai / Fumiko Kawamoto / Fumiko Haneda / Tokiko Katayama / Mayu Ueda / Masato Mori / Mai Nakane / Masatoshi Nakano / Machiko Nakano / Mayumi Okamoto / Mikiko Hamaguchi / Mitome Sakuragi / Kimiyo Nishi / Miki Hirose / Miyuki Inui / Miho Nakano / Michiyo Inui / Mika Yamagami / Miho Okamoto / Miyuki Okamoto / Mina Okamoto / Yukiko Murao / Kuniko NItta / Moji Shimotsu / Yasuko Okada / Sachiko Oshima / Sachiko Miyake / Yuria Miyake / Yumi Ueda / Hiromi Ishii / Yumi Kuroda / Yudai Okamoto / Yumi Okamoto / Yuma Okamoto / Kouki Miyake / Yoko Horiguchi / Sumiyo Hanamoto / Yoshitada Nakano / Yoshiro Ishida / Ryo Ueda / Ryunosuke Akabane / Ryo Horiguchi / Reiko Miyake.