TAB Event - Canada Tsuga : The Feeling of Ｗood

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At Canadian Embassy Gallery, B2
Media: Photography, Sculpture

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The Canadian Embassy and the Canada Tsuga Partner Association are holding an exhibition called “Canada Tsuga : The Feeling of Wood – Canada Tsuga no Kokoro Ten” to "touch and feel wood", at the Takamado memorial gallery of the Canadian embassy. Canada Tsuga is an arboreal species, typical for the province of British Columbia. British Columbia, which is rich in forest resources, even for Canada, is said to have the strictest forest administration in the world. The Canada Tsuga makes up 60% of the coastal area’s forestation, and is being exported also to Japan for many years now. It truly is the timber that connects Canada and Japan.
With the delicate and yet strong Canada Tsuga as its main theme, this exhibition shows a real-size saw log used for housing construction purposes in order for us to truly “touch and feel the wood”. Professional explication is provided under the general editorship of Professor Naoto Andoh of Tokyo University’s Agricultural and Bioscience Research department. In addition to this, textural photographs of the Canada Tsuga, taken by Dr. Yukie Saitoh, who specializes in bio-material science also at Tokyo University’s Agricultural and Bioscience Research department, are also exhibited.
Artistic works, too, have a place in this exhibition; works made of Canada Tsuga wood by Naoko Sugiyama, who is professionally active in both Japan and Europe, are displayed. The various contrasts of round and elliptic, length and breadth, symbolism and substance, monotony and the lumber’s beauty,... maintain the balance between tension and repose.
With environmental awareness growing, as exemplified by the Global Warming Treaty of Kyoto, effective utilization of forest resources is being reassessed. It is said that it is precisely a sustainable usage of forestation that fertilizes the woods, and ultimately even contributes to saving the earth. Canada’s forests make up about 10% of the global forestation, and the country is known as a world leader in forest development and administration.
By giving the visitors the opportunity to touch the rough lumber’s magnetism and its potential, this exhibition aims at deepening the knowledge and understanding of Canada’s woods.

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