Japanese Aquarium Art

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Japanese Aquarium Art
The third Art Aquarium exhibition kicked off this week in Tokyo. The exhibit uses 5,000 goldfish in 17 installations made up of 70 aquariums.

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'Kimonorium'
Produced by Japanese "art aquarist" Hidetomo Kimura, the live installations retain traditional elements of Japanese culture such as the kimono.

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'Kingyo Collection'
The exhibition's subtitle -- "Edo: the coolness of goldfish" -- alludes to a Japanese custom of a century or so ago, when Tokyo was still called Edo. In summer, the city's inhabitants would spend time watching goldfish in ponds, hoping that would make them feel cooler.

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Fantastical fishy installations at Tokyo show

By Frances Cha, CNN
July 17, 2013

(CNN) -- Of all the bizarre art niches out there, "goldfish aquarium art" must rank fairly high.

Yet the artist Hidetomo Kimura has built an entire career as an "art aquarist," and his weird and wonderful live installations are now on display again at an exhibition, "Edo -- the coolness of goldfish" (link in Japanese), at the Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall, in Tokyo.

First held in 2011 to mark the centenary of the Nihonbashi Bridge, where the hall is located, the unusual exhibit proved so popular it has been held each year since.


'Giyamanrium'
This year marks the third Art Aquarium. Last year, 200,000 people visited the exhibit over 39 days.

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This year, Kimura's exhibition uses 5,000 goldfish displayed in 17 installations made of 70 aquariums.

The tanks are embellished with light displays and futuristic designs but also retain traditional symbols of Japanese culture such as kimonos, folding screens and lanterns.

The exhibition turns into a music lounge in the evenings (called Night Aquarium) and on the weekends.

Art Aquarium (link in Japanese),
Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall, Nihonbashi Nihonbashi, Chuoku, Tokyo; +81 3 3270 2550
July 13-September 23, 2013, 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m.; admission ¥1,000 ($10)

http://edition.cnn.com/


'The First Lady's Beautiful Memory'
This 1.5-meter-long, 80-centimeter-deep tank portrays a landscape of rice field terraces.

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'Elegance Dance'
The exhibition represents "a new form of art fusing water, light and moving imagery," according to its official description.

[hubag bohol]

Simply fantastic. Thanks for posting, Madam. What a relief, opening threads like this!

[islander]

The eight-meter-long centerpiece of the exhibition is meant to symbolize the four seasons of Japan.

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Night Aquarium
In the evenings and at weekends, the exhibition space turns into a music lounge.

http://edition.cnn.com/

[hubag bohol]

Simply fantastic. Thanks for posting, Madam. What sights for eyes sore from reading inanities...

[islander]

Simply fantastic. Thanks for posting, Madam. What a relief, opening threads like this!

most welcome, lord hubag.

your modest aquarium is truly modest.  i cannot see any fish nor water.

[hubag bohol]

Botoy's modest aquarium...

[Lollapalooza]

Lolla's aquarium

[hubag bohol]

most welcome, lord hubag.

your modest aquarium is truly modest.  i cannot see any fish nor water.

Modesty properly addressed. You can see it now, Reply # 11.

[islander]

atot ninyong duha uy, hahaha!  mga artists-in-residence man diay mo dinhi sa tb.

[islander]

at ako po ang mermaid-in-residence.

[hubag bohol]

at ako po ang mermaid-in-residence.

Bantay2x sa okoy-in-residence. Bwahaha!