2024-12-27T23:45:14-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/33468327/shining-tree-in-a-sacred-place-by-mono Archinect 2012-01-05T17:45:22-05:00 >2012-01-07T02:27:59-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ey/ey6mkndkdo8trvd6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> Architects Fumiaki Nagashima and Mami Nagashima Maruoka, of small Japanese practice <a href="http://www.mono-japan.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MoNo</a>, have shared with us their art installation <em>Shining Tree in a Sacred Place</em>.</p> <p> The piece was dedicated to the people who had perished in Japan's major earthquake and tsunami last March. Erected inside the historic Oshioi Shrine in the Shiga prefecture, the installation was part of a large annual illumination event and invited visitors to commemorate and mourn the victims.</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ab/abvlm414c04s0c0n.jpg" title=""></p> <p> Here is a project description we received from MoNo:</p> <p> <em>This art work was dedicated to the people who had passed away in several disasters in this year 2011.&#12288;Especially in Japan, the massive earthquake hit this country land with the huge tsunami so much that&#12288;considerable damage and profound sorrow came to us.&#12288;MoNo had the opportunity to join the illumination event &ldquo;Kusatsu Machiakari Yumeakari Hanaakari &ndash; on autumnal Kusatsu road with sensory gratification&rdquo;, which got over 30 thousands visitors. So MoNo could open our work...</em></p>