NAWA Axis for
Peace – Project 2014
By Environmental Artist,
Dr. Mariyo Yagi in New York
Dr. Mariyo Yagi, Environmental Artist
believes the starting point of human culture was a twisting grass into a rope. In Japan, when rope is ritually used, it is
called Nawa. The Nawa is the spiral structure itself, which has been documented
in the micro and macro of nature from DNA to Cosmos. In ancient Japanese, na
means “you” and wa means “I.” She calls “Nawa” thus signifies our own creative
interaction, our oneness from diversity. Nawa is a bonding of spirits between
people and people, between nature and people with spiral energy. "Nawa
axis" symbolizes unity for peace.
In 2014, Dr. Yagi built NAWA Axis in East
Hampton, New York.
During the event of NAWA Axis for Peace –
Project 2014, more than 100 hands worked together, twisting the monumental NAWA
rope column, and raising it at its site in the beautiful garden of the LongHouse
Reserve.
If
you have a chance to visit New York, please come by LongHouse Reserve. Exhibition
will take place from April to November every year from 2014 to 2017.
Location:
LongHouse Reserve
133 Hands Creek Rd East Hampton New York
11937 USA
TEL +1 631 329 3568
Original Article on the WAN Website http://wan.or.jp/art/?p=8680 (11/29/2014)
Translated and Adapted by MO
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