"Seirensho" is a message to Japan. Composed of six artworks integrated with architectural functions, it was made by collaging parts of an abandoned house, which represents postwar Japanese culture, on the ruins left by Japanese modernization. These works are given the overall title "Hero Dry Cell." (Excerpts from the film narration)
This photo shows the last one of them: Solar Note. The six artworks are in sequence. Study MISHIMA Yukio before you go. No preparation is also good though. After all, you've got to feel before you know.
"... We stood by as postwar Japan becameinfatuated with economic prosperity, while it neglected the country as a whole, lost our national spirit, grasped for results without the correct means, resorted to temporary solutions and hypocrisy, and while it allowed Japan to sink into an emptiness of spirit ... Griding our teeth, we were forced to witness Japanese as they disgraced Japan's history and culture ..."
(Quoted from MISHIMA Yukio's Last Manifesto)
This photo shows the last one of them: Solar Note. The six artworks are in sequence. Study MISHIMA Yukio before you go. No preparation is also good though. After all, you've got to feel before you know.
"... We stood by as postwar Japan becameinfatuated with economic prosperity, while it neglected the country as a whole, lost our national spirit, grasped for results without the correct means, resorted to temporary solutions and hypocrisy, and while it allowed Japan to sink into an emptiness of spirit ... Griding our teeth, we were forced to witness Japanese as they disgraced Japan's history and culture ..."
(Quoted from MISHIMA Yukio's Last Manifesto)
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