WORK
Water Surface Landscape
Goro Hirata（Japan）
The artist presents the art project about the water of Oide which has been ongoing since 2014 at a new site. The work is renewed and transferred to Miyanomori Shizen-en where Zazen grass and Mizubasho grow in clusters and spring water flows. The flower made of Mikageishi is added to the waterscape of the park with flowing spring water. Water is conducted inside the flower and a thin layer of overflowing water fills a circular hollow on paving stones, forming a watery mirror. Water which has passed through flowers returns to the earth. The artist’s diligent work of carrying and caring stones by hand; circulating and flowing water: and a stone representing universal existence start to draw a gentle flow of time in the nature park.
Goro Hirata（Japan）
Born 1965 in Tokyo / Lives and works in Ibaraki, Japan
In 1990, Goro produced a work named “Mind Space”, by digging a deep narrow hole to build a room with white walls crafted from paraffin wax. He creates works on the theme of building psychologically personal rooms or spaces. He also walks alone, creating small sculptures in the field at locations such as frozen lakes, deserts, the mangrove forests of Iriomote Island, the Himalayas, and the coastal regions of Southeast Alaska (2005).