"IKIRO/Be alive" in the Kröller-Müller Museum - Otterlo, the Netherlands

7 April - 2 September 2001 / "IKIRO/Be alive" - A group exhibition of Japanese artists
in the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands / 15mx17m
Soil, Sheets of Rice Paper, Japanese Ink, Potato, The Artist

Takahiro stayed outside surrounded by nature and constantly wrote IKIRO for 5 months.
He also made a potato field next to his desk to think about the basic idea of creation.
He found similarities between writing IKIRO and planting potatoes.
It was also a hommage to the painting "Potato eater" by Vincent Van Gogh in the museum.
He filmed conversations with visitors sometimes and made a document video work later.
This is the longest "IKIRO" performance so far inside a museum.

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