A misty archway artwork that leads to a beautiful Japanese temple

Andrea James 6:10 am Fri Dec 8, 2017

Arc ZERO is an art installation from this year's Japan Alps Art Festival in Omachi. It heightens the Japanese experience of komorebi, a word that roughly means "sunlight filtering through trees."

Via the artist:

Commissioned for the Japan Alps Art Festival, Arc ZERO stands at the entrance to the Buddhist Temple Hotokizaki Kanon-ji. A ring of mist encircles the old bridge, which one must cross through to enter the site. A portal on the threshold of worlds, it represents the cycle of water, and all things in nature. By day the mist creates crepuscular rays and a rainbow effect around the view, while by night the mist is lit from within the structure, blazing a warm glow.

Bonus video: kids enjoying the rainbow effect of “Arc Zero”:

• Arc ZERO (Vimeo / James Tapscott)

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