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Fuga / prophetic breeze

  • Inscape Arts 815 Seattle Boulevard South Seattle, WA, 98134 United States (map)

An illumination of falling leaves to celebrate life's joy.  Yuri was working on this project for the 2017 Artist Residency Program at Inscape Arts.

Yuri Kinoshita
2017 Artist- In-Residence / Inscape Arts

Title: “Fuga ( Prophetic breeze )
Concept: An Illumination of falling leaves to celebrate life’s joy.
Size: 12 ft x12 ft x10 ft
Materials: bamboo fiber, linen fiber, cocoons, steel.
Fabricators: Rob Hendrickson / One works

In-Kind Donations:
LEDs : Inscape Arts
Cocoons: Marusugi / Japanese Silk company
Mesh-wire: Ryusuke Hayashi
CD/ Music : Dale Russ
Japanese sweets / Tokara

Special Thanks to:
Mike Donnelly, Susanna Bluhm, Taeko Marusugi, Rob Hendrickson,
Chika Tokara, Ryusuke Hayashi, Jay Gregg, Kyoko Maeda, Dale Russ.

"Fuga" is the latest artwork of light artist, Yuri Kinoshita (yurikinoshita.com). Fuga is the concept of Illumination of falling leaves to celebrate life’s joy. This artwork is handmade with 4800 LED lights wrapped in 2500 silk cocoons donated by the Japanese silk company, Marusugi. 50,000 pieces of paper leaves were cut and used to simulate the falling leaves. Also, the trunk of this artwork was wrapped with dyed bamboo and linen fiber - around a fabricated steel frame with support from fabricator, Rob Hendrickson. Director/Cinematographer/Editor: Andrew Gooi Producer: Takumi Ohno
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