WORK
Stories of Omachi until Today
Noriko Watanabe（Japan）
The artist has continued to create a tiny world in a 5cm square box. She expresses a unique view of the world by giving titles to box gardens made of collages of small everyday objects. She has created over 300 works to date. A work consisting of picks for bento boxes combined with beads and spangles is called “New Starcatcher” whereas another work treating twelve candles used for a birthday cake as trees is called “A Forest after Birthday”. For this work, she brings memories of the local people of Omachi and the history of the town into a small box. In addition to her work, the works created by local people will be presented together, and visitors peeking into these boxes will be invited to a journey of memories.
Noriko Watanabe（Japan）
Born in 1988 in Chiba and lives in Tokyo. She is a stage designer for the Hyakkeisya theatre company. She combines familiar small things, creates works in 5cm square boxes, and attempts to create unique and unusual worlds by giving titles to these works.
Artist web site：https://www.watanabenoriko.net