Short Notice: Laboratory of Forest Art 2022

 

A bit of detour from my pondering about nature protection in the recent posts … This is the time for us waiting for 2022 Laboratory of Forest Art. This year it is from September 18th to October 23rd at the same forest for 2021. The artists who’s preparing for the installations are (as of July 20th),

ASADA

Kazuo Ishikuro

Noriaki Oka

Toshikazu Kanai

Yoko Kiga

Naoko Kobayashi

Yoshiki Takada

Kana Tatekawa

Akina Chikada

Akira Harada

Mayo Yamamoto

Yoichiro Yoshikawa.

The forest of the Group is as always next to Yokohama Zoorasia. Since there is no parking, a recommended access to the show is by bus. The most convenient transportation is a bus ride to Yokohama Zoorasia, from JR Nakayama 中山 Station, Sotetsu Tsurugamine 鶴ヶ峰 Station, or Sotetsu Mitsukyo 三ツ境 Station. (Timetables are here.) Get off the bus at Yokohama Zoorasia and proceed further along for about 400m to the direction of #2 Parking of the Zoo. On your right, there will be a small gate with the sign GROUP the Creation and Voice of the Woods. If you visit the place during weekends, many buses will take us to the North Gate of Zoorasia that is the closest to the art exhibition entrance. When you leave the terminal stop of Zoorasia North Gate, go back a bit along the bus road, and on your left is the sign for the GROUP. From there enter the forest. The road is a relatively wide walking promenade. Soon you can see a big banner over there saying “the Creation and Voice of the Woods 創造と森の声.” Or, you can come to the venue from Hikarigaoka Housing Complex.

Before the show they have several workshops with cost 500 yen for materials et al. All starts at 10:00. Please go to the forest entrance to meet the artists.

1. August 11 “Let’s create ‘forest’ from BB-bullets” by Akina Chikada

2. August 28 “Let’s build a ship in the forest” by Toshikazu Kanai

3. September 10 “Let’s make a movie of forest” by ASADA

4. September 17 “Arabesque of forest” by Yoichiro Yoshikawa

5. September 23 “Let’s play in the forest! We make something in the forest!” by Ryoko Shishino.

RSVP at Group the Creation and Voice of the Woods (at Mr. Ishiyama): morinokoe7@yahoo.co.jp or phone 045-933-1460, 090-9137-3329.

They also plan to open a Marche between October 2-16 in their forest. Based on my experience, what they sell is often an artwork of the artists. You may encounter a find! 😉 This coming fall the City organizes opening of Satoyama Garden at the regular venue, next to the Laboratory. The Group also schedules to have a booth there.

It seems to me they have a basic theme for this year’s show. It´s about Oak Wilt Disease. Their forest has serious problem of it … Come to think of it, this matter directly connects to abandoned forests, nature protection, and the relationship between human and nature global warming included. Oh, in the end the topic has returned to the same point of my previous posts. I’ll return to the issue of flower theft next week. 😊

If you find a problem in the site introduced in this post, the best contact address will be GROUP the Creation and Voice of the Woods.

https://morilab.amebaownd.com/
e-mail: morinokoe7@yahoo.co.jp

The city office which is in charge of this forest is

Office for the Park Greeneries in the North 北部公園緑地事務所

Yokohama Municipal Government Creative Environment Policy Bureau 横浜市環境創造局
Phone: 045-311-2016

FAX: 045-316-8420