Photo Tour
Tour through the 6th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale featuring a selection of artworks in the 6 districts of the Echigo-Tsumari Region.
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Elixir. 2003
A warehouse beside Marina Abramović's "Dream house" is transformed into a sanctuary like botanical, reflective, glassy environment. One enters into the space that echoes an apothecary, a laboratory, are a botanical museum. It is also a shot bar where one drinks the elixirs / juices of local plants distilled in shochu. The wooden walls around the tiny space are veiled with glass panels inscribed with drawings and texts derived from antique medicinal botanical books. The work informs and restores a tradition and knowledge of plant medicines in this region bringing it into a contemporary art experience.
Location:
642 Yumoto, Matsunoyama,
Tokamachi-city, Niigata
© Photo: ANZAЇ
Courtesy of Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
Tour through the 6th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale featuring a selection of artworks in the 6 districts of the Echigo-Tsumari Region.