Irasshai Toko
イラッシャイ所
A collaborative installation by
Gina Lim and Nathaniel Bolton
Day of the Dead
Illuminations
Dia de los Muertos 2011
SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
October 8 - November 5
Built as a walk-in lantern. "Irasshi Toko" carries the meaning "A place you're welcome in" in Japanese; inspired by the phrase "Irasshaimase!" or "Welcome!" when customers are greeted in a Japanese Restaurant.
Viewers were encouraged to walk in and around the lantern to enjoy a variety of illuminated art panels. Honoring and remembering those we love, viewers wrote messages on paper, flower post its, and restaurant receipts. Afterwards, they would clip these messages along with artificial flowers to the string.
Dedicated to victims of the Japan earthquake on March 11, 2011 and in remembrance of those close to our heart.
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イラッシャイ所
A collaborative installation by
Gina Lim and Nathaniel Bolton
Day of the Dead
Illuminations
Dia de los Muertos 2011
SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
October 8 - November 5
Built as a walk-in lantern. "Irasshi Toko" carries the meaning "A place you're welcome in" in Japanese; inspired by the phrase "Irasshaimase!" or "Welcome!" when customers are greeted in a Japanese Restaurant.
Viewers were encouraged to walk in and around the lantern to enjoy a variety of illuminated art panels. Honoring and remembering those we love, viewers wrote messages on paper, flower post its, and restaurant receipts. Afterwards, they would clip these messages along with artificial flowers to the string.
Dedicated to victims of the Japan earthquake on March 11, 2011 and in remembrance of those close to our heart.
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