HARA Chinatsu “Opposite Shore”

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“Imaginary Continent” is a series addressing Nagasaki’s Hidden Christians, who used white porcelain figures of the bodhisattva Kannon as stand-ins when worshipping the Virgin Mary, and the memories bound up with the places where they lived. The Sotome area on the western coast of the Nishisonogi Peninsula in Nagasaki Prefecture and the Goto Islands some distance offshore shared the same faith but were shaped by different natural environments, and each developed its own way of passing that culture down. A moving image installation places these two regions in counterpoint, giving spatial form to multiple layers of time.

Period	Jan 9 (Sat) - Feb 7 (Sun), 2027
Time	11:00-19:00
Closed	Mondays (except Jan 11), Jan 12 (Tue)
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo: Space B (2F)
Admission	Free
Grant	Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation

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Talk

Date	Jan 23 (Sat) 16:00-
Speaker	HARA Chinatsu
Guest	SAWAYAMA Ryo (Art critic, Professor at Musashino Art University)
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo: Space B (2F)
Admission	Free
Language	Japanese

Profile

Born in 1991. Lives and works in Tokyo. Hara presents performances, photographic works, and installations grounded in research into history and memory. Centering her investigation on Hidden Christians who secretly practiced their faith in Japan during the ban on Christianity, she explores forms of social practice through exhibitions at World Cultural Heritage sites and cross-disciplinary collaborations.

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Participating Creator

HARA Chinatsu