A quick look at Hanao-san, the mirror-polished boy-with-a-flower sculpture outside Shinjuku Station’s East Exit. Made by Brooklyn-based Japanese artist Tomokazu Matsuyama and commissioned by JR East as part of a new public plaza.
📍 Shinjuku Station East Exit, Tokyo
Transcript
Ahoy mateys, we’re at a piece of modern art called Hanao-san, by the biggest, busiest train station in the world, I’ll have you know. And, about this place, sculpture is a boy with a flower. I guess if you squint, maybe you can see that. I’m still getting there. And, the guy who made it, the sculptor, is a Japanese artist who mainly works in New York City. So you got that, transpacific connection there. I was about to say transatlantic. And if you look down, these floral patterns are part of the, art, and it was meant to create a welcoming public space, for people right by the train station. It was funded and commissioned by, the JR Company, which is Japanese Railways East. they have private lines here. Yeah, and, they’re all connected. it’s wonderful. And, yeah, so I just wanted to show you guys this sculpture. it’s mirrored. Those are some mirrors, so it reflects. And, its name in English I think is Be Wild. Be what? And it’s a play on the word bewilder, so bewilderment, also be wild, and it’s supposed to be a, some kind of foresty trees, some wild stuff in the middle of this urban zoo. Anyway, peace out from Shinjuku Station in, in Tokyo, Japan, from the, Hanao-san. I think I pronounced that wrong. Good night.
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