If I could go anywhere: Japanese art island Chichu, a meditation and an education

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 06:12:27 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/if-i-could-go-anywhere-japanese-art-island-chichu-a-meditation-and-an-education-133439>

"The Chichu Art Museum is located on the tiny island of Naoshima, off the
southern coast of Japan, in the Kagawa district, reachable only by ferry.

A cross between Buddhist simplicity and Modernist brutalism, from an aerial
view Chichu looks like a series of weirdly-shaped concrete pits cut into a
gently sloping, grassy hill.

The architect, Tadao Ando, is known for his masterful control of natural light,
and to walk through Chichu is to embark on a journey of discovery in which that
most ignored element — daylight — is both a mode of transformation and an
object of wonder in its own right."

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