August 4, 2026 – February 3, 2027
Humans have always found meaning in the vast ocean that stretches out before them. By fearing, praying to, naming, building structures around, depicting, and passing down stories about the sea, they have cultivated diverse relationships with it. This exhibition traces the relationship that humans and the sea have woven together, using architecture, design, art, film, faith, daily life, and language as clues, and is a special exhibition that opens up new perspectives on how to view the sea.
All exhibits (12 items)
This exhibition explores the Ino (lagoon) through the perspective of photographer Naoshi Tsuda, examining the relationship between humans and the sea and re-examining its meaning. Tsuda, who travels the world and continuously translates the long-standing relationship between humans and nature through his lens, suggests that the ancient layers of culture offer us insights [……
Filmmaker Yusuke Fukuhara selects films that resonate with the exhibition's theme, visits their filming locations, and puts into words his experiences in places where film and land, past and present, intersect. This series opens up time to think about the sea through film.
Writer Minori Kai visits the Shima Kanko Hotel overlooking the sea and writes an original essay on the theme of "the sea and architecture." ・・・・・・・・・・・・ The day I found the light of the sea The house where I grew up is built on a gentle slope at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Whenever I looked up, it was always there [……
Statement When we think about the future, we imagine "time that hasn't come yet" or "the world that awaits us." But is the future really only ahead? The ocean landscape before us now is also something that someone once saw [...]