| 1992.4 |
| JAPAN AND BRAZIL Students
of Hieidaira Elementary School in Japan made Nawa-rope with their
worn-out T-shirts. They also produced drawings and poems about life.
These drawings were later shared with Brazilian children living in
a poor area, who also made drawings and produced Nawa-rope out of
their old, ragged T-shirts. Mariyo Yagi made a monumental two-part
Nawa-rope sculpture, entitled "DNA of Culture Brazil and Japan", using
the T-shirt Nawa-rope produced by the children as part of the sculpture.
One-half of the sculpture is now in the Brasilia Museum of Modern
Art Permanent Collection, and the other part remains in the artist's
collection. |
| |
| 1992.5 |
| RI O DIJANERO
and BRASILIA, BRAZIL MariyoYagi presented her philosophy " Nawalogy"
in Brasilia at the "Environment and Survival" Conference and Exhibition,
part of the Omame Project, which involved 100 artists from all over
the world. Her participation was funded by the Japan Foundation. At
the Rio Earth Summit, 100 international artists joined together to
perform Nawa-link spiraling dancing and singing, and to create wind-sounds
by swirling the Nawa-rope with wood in large cirlces through the air.
"Nawalogy" and its philosophy of interconnection of humans with nature
and civilization was an important influence on the conference and
its attendees. |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| 1995.11 |
| KOBE ROOTS, JAPAN 500
Kobe citizens who suffered from the Great Hanshin earthquake collaborated
to create a huge Nawa-rope column made of 10,000 old T-shirts. "The
shirts formed a human body or a human soul," the artist explained.
Each shirt was inscribed with a message of encouragement, sent from
all over Japan, to help re-vivify the earthquake survivors. This Nawa
column, titled "Kobe Roots,"( 8m high X 1m diameter) was erected by
the earthquake survivors as a unifying symbol at Yuzuruha Shrine in
Kobe. "Kobe Roots" was born from the collective strength of communities.
|
| |
| 1996.1 |
| KOBE ROOTS
NAWA art ceremony, JAPAN Mariyo Yagi orchestrated a ritual burning
of "Kobe Roots" as a form of Requiem to console the souls of those
who died in the earthquake. Many earthquake survivors said that this
burning ritual helped them to be at peace with those who perished,
to accept their own survival without guilt, and to acknowledge the
importance of their bondedness to one another. Out of the ashes of
the burnt Nawa-column, Mariyo Yagi produced works of art as a physical
symbol of the human connection that remains after a transformative
event. |
| |
| 1996.6 |
| NAWA LINK
IN QUARRATA , ITALY Students of Pistoia High School, Italy, collaborated
to create Nawa-rope made with recycled textile materials from the
local industry. Mariyo Yagi was invited for the 2nd Quarrata Biennnale
and created a Nawa installation in the plaza of Quarrata city. 50
Quarrata citizens performed a dance of intertwining their old T-shirts
into Nawa-rope. |
| |
| 1997.6-9 |
| NAWA LINK
IN KASSEL, GERMANY Mariyo Yagi received a DAAD Grant from the German
government to participate in the INSIDE International Art Exhibition
/ Parallel Documenta Kassel, Germany. German students collaborated
to erect a Nawa column ( 8m high X 2m diameter) made with 7,000 old
T-shirts and hay at Ashrott Park in Kassel,Germany. A catalogue documenting
the project was published by Inerational Public Art Co. Ltd. |
| |
| 1998.4-11 |
| ECO-LINK
KORYO, SHIMANE, JAPAN The town of Koryo-cho, Shimane, Japan invited
Mariyo Yagi to help them construct a Nawa-column made with 10,000
worn T-shirts entitled "ECO-LINK KORYO". "Nawa is a symbol of connectedness
between nature and human life," said Mariyo Yagi, and the project
with the people of Koryo-cho emphasized preservation of the environment,
recycling, and the preciousness of nature. |
| |
| 1999.4-8 |
| UNIFICATIN THROUGH MYTHOLOGY,
JAPAN The Chamber of Commerce of Yonago-Totori region invited Mariyo
Yagi to help them unify the 12 cities of their area. Historically,
these cities were part of the same unified community, and the more
recent governmental divisions into individual cities had created an
environment of competitiveness among neighbors. Together with Mariyo
Yagi's guidance, the people of the 12 cities joined together to create
a Nawa-column made of 25,000 worn T-shirts. Entitled "Kunibiki", (10m
high x 2m diameter), named after a story from the ancient Izumo mythology
which they shared,"Kunibiki" became a contemporary symbol of their
community bonds, past and present. |
| |
| 2000.7-12 |
| NAWA-VITAL
LINK 2000, KYOTO, JAPAN The project Nawa Vital Link 2000 Kyoto brought
together 10,000 people to collaboratively produce a Nawa column (11m
x 1,2m diameter) called "The 21st Century-The New Earth Axis". The
Nawa column was made with 10,000 worn T-shirts inscribed with individual
messages for the 21st Century. The Nawa column was erected in Kyoto
City Hall Plaza. Using only sunlight and a magnifying glass, fire
was created and used to ignite a ritual burning of the entire column.
"Because Kyoto has the most traditional culture and is the most conservative
city in Japan, I wanted to create a new stream of fresh air through
this project to revitalize Kyoto." Mariyo Yagi was able to collaborate
with the Kyoto Fire Brigade, who gave a special exception to allow
the burning ritual, and became a part of the performance as they stood
by in their red fire trucks spraying a mist of water while the fire
ritual was performed. |
| |
| 2004.Feburualy 8th |
Mariyo Yagi's Nawa vital link
project "Uno Andiamo Avanti"
was held in Tamano Minato Art Festival Okayama prefecture Japan |
|