Time Hall Gallery Opens Southwest of Kyoto Imperial Palace in November. Inaugural Exhibition: "Mariko Mori: Shrine II ─ Topology of Inner Light"
Time Hall Gallery opens in November southwest of Kyoto Imperial Palace, with inaugural exhibition "Mariko Mori: Shrine II ─ Topology of Inner Light".Summary
The General Incorporated Foundation Mirai Culture Creation Foundation will open Time Hall Gallery southwest of the Kyoto Imperial Palace in November, with the inaugural exhibition "Mariko Mori: Shrine II ─ Topology of Inner Light" running from November 6 to March 31, 2027. Mariko Mori is a multidisciplinary artist known for exploring the relationship between humanity and the universe. This exhibition focuses on the loneliness of the "individual" amid division and anxiety in contemporary society. Through her memory of overwhelming light—the emergence of infinite love at the root of life expanding into all dimensions—Mori awakens the cosmic oneness to which humanity originally belongs. The "sacred space" she presents is not an escape from daily life but an attempt to return to the quiet light within each of us and rediscover the eternal bond of the soul. The exhibition comprises a central three-dimensional installation and wall-mounted flat works, transforming the entire gallery into a single "apparatus of perception" through their resonance. The installation "Shrine II" is an homage to the sacred iwakura (rock seat) enshrined beneath the floor of Mizutani Shrine, a subsidiary shrine of Kasuga Taisha. A crystal iwakura is placed at the center of layered kicho curtains, transposing the sacredness of the Mizutani River—worshipped as a holy site of dragon deity faith since the Nara period—into the Time Hall space, creating an intimate experience that quietly reconnects the self and the world. Surrounding the space, eight hanging scrolls are displayed. Abandoning herself to the breath of Heian-era classical calligraphy, Mori depicts her own memories of light. This series attempts to return characters not as informational symbols conveying meaning but as a metaphysical "duration" (Durée) imbued with the pulse of life. The gallery is a renovation of two Taisho-era machiya townhouses at the southwest corner of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, connected into a single gallery. This exhibition marks the opening of a place that nurtures new cultural value and connects to the next creation. Additionally, from October 31, "Mariko Mori: Sansan" will be held at the Mori Art Museum, and viewers are encouraged to see both.
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)