About the Artist

We see the wall surrounding the Art Rink as another plane of ice rising from the skating rink.
Drawing on the lightness of ice gently floating on water and the rhythm of bodies gliding across the rink, we have created an installation by layering resin, fabric, and light. Rather than forming a single solid wall, these elements create a fluid boundary—one that catches the wind, lets light pass through, and changes in appearance depending on the viewer’s position and the time of day.
The form was not conceived with a finished image in mind. By engaging with each material, adjusting the relationship between the materials and their effects, and experimenting along the way, we have brought together diffused and refracted light and overlapping shadows to create a unified landscape.

For more than twenty years, the Art Rink has appeared in Yokohama each winter. Though temporary, it is like a small garden rooted in the everyday life of the city. From afar, it emerges as a light-clad facade; up close, it becomes a landscape animated by the shifting presence of materials and people.
We do not regard this landscape as something complete, but as something people can touch, take home, and allow to reappear in new forms. After standing for approximately eighty days, the ice-like surface will come down, and fragments of resin that have fulfilled their role will pass into the hands of people in the city, finding new places in their everyday lives. A garden of ice is born from the coming together of resin, fabric, and light. As its small pieces of ice flow out into the city, what will they connect with next?