Atsunobu Katagiri creates a unique botanical installation for Japan House

While Brazilian flora is vast, exuberant and even aggressive in its magnitude and diversity, delicacy is one of the main characteristics found in the plants and flowers that make up Japanese flora. It is from these differences and contradictions that the artist and Ikebana master, Atsunobu Katagiri, creates an unprecedented botanical installation to occupy the ground floor of Japan House São Paulo , from March 7th to April 30th .

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Under the name “ ESSENCE: Inner Garden - Atsunobu Katagiri ”, the free exhibition is an invitation to a moment of contemplation on the busy Avenida Paulista, giving visitors the opportunity to reflect on the essential presence of nature in all aspects of life.

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His installation occupies the ground floor of the institution, whose glass wall is covered with images of flowers from various origins , which were selected, scanned and enlarged by the artist himself, creating a more intimate and welcoming atmosphere in the space.

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Visitors will find an environment with diverse plants, flowers and substrates , such as moss, for example, vegetation that requires little maintenance. In Japan, they are of great importance, being essential elements in forests and gardens, representing concepts such as beauty, simplicity and sophistication, in addition to the aesthetics of wabi-sabi (transience and imperfection).

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As it is a living installation , over the course of eight weeks it will be possible to observe the different life cycles of each element; species that develop and others that reach their end.

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Plantar Ideias, an architecture and urban design firm, named after CASACOR, developed the exhibition design and also provided botanical advice to the team of curators and the artist. "It was a great honor and learning experience to be able to develop the architectural design and create such a powerful and delicate space, so that the artist could create his work of art. The Ikebana Master Katagiri is incredibly sensitive and immersed himself in a very rich experience and repertoire for this project," says Luciana Pitombo, partner and architect at Plantar Ideias. Service Exhibition “ESSENCE: Inner Garden - Atsunobu Katagiri” From March 7th to April 30th, 2023 Location: Japan House Sao Paulo - Paulista Avenue, 52 – Sao Paulo, SP Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 6pm; Saturdays, 9am to 7pm; Sundays and holidays, 9am to 6pm Free entry.

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