"Zen and Ghibli" (Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art) Report: Exploring Zen through Ghibli Works, Centered on "The Boy and the Heron"
"Zen and Ghibli" exhibition opens at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, exploring Zen through Ghibli works centered on "The Boy and the Heron".Summary
The "Zen and Ghibli" Kyoto exhibition is being held at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art until December 6. Produced by Studio Ghibli and Nippon TV, the exhibition was inspired by the book "Zen and Ghibli," a collection of dialogues between producer Toshio Suzuki and three Zen monks. It consists of five chapters: the first half (chapters 1–3) features three-dimensional objects, famous movie lines, and scroll works pairing Ghibli characters with Zen phrases, while the second half (chapters 4–5) uses calligraphy, video, and archival materials of related figures to explain the Zen perspective. Centered on the worldview of "The Boy and the Heron," the exhibition allows visitors to experience the ambiguity and negative space in Ghibli films, which resonate with Zen ideas of not dividing, not fixating, and seeing things as they are. Visitors are greeted by the gray heron and pass through a corridor of time inspired by the film.
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)