Akira Nanjo "Coral’s Ten-Thousand-Year Wish"
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Akira Nanjo
Coral’s Ten-Thousand-Year Wish explores coral through photographs and videos by Akira Nanjo, a photographer and filmmaker based on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa.
Using high-magnification photography and time-lapse, Nanjo documents coral’s life cycle, from spawning and fertilisation to movement, settlement, transformation and growth of coral larvae. Video interviews with people who have lived alongside Yaeyama’s seas explore connections between coral, local life and regional history.
For this exhibition, all photographs are printed on white washi paper, with video projected onto washi screens for the first time. Bringing together coral’s life cycles and memories of local communities, the exhibition offers a glimpse into diverse forms of life shaped by the sea.
[Related Event]
Gallery Talk
Date: November 29, 2026, 15:00–16:00
Speaker: Akira Nanjo
*For event details, please check the official website.
Using high-magnification photography and time-lapse, Nanjo documents coral’s life cycle, from spawning and fertilisation to movement, settlement, transformation and growth of coral larvae. Video interviews with people who have lived alongside Yaeyama’s seas explore connections between coral, local life and regional history.
For this exhibition, all photographs are printed on white washi paper, with video projected onto washi screens for the first time. Bringing together coral’s life cycles and memories of local communities, the exhibition offers a glimpse into diverse forms of life shaped by the sea.
[Related Event]
Gallery Talk
Date: November 29, 2026, 15:00–16:00
Speaker: Akira Nanjo
*For event details, please check the official website.
Schedule | Nov 24 (Tue) 2026-Nov 29 (Sun) 2026 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | https://www.akirananjo.com/blank/seimeihyakukeshiki-nanjoakira-sangoten-2026sangomannennonegai-sangokiokunokeisho-in-tokyo | ||
| Venue | Pictorico Shop & Gallery http://www.pictorico.jp/shop/ | ||
| Address | 5F, 1-2-16 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0015 | ||
| Access | 3 minute walk from the West exit of Ryogoku Station on the JR Sobu line, 7 minute walk from exit A3 at Ryogoku Station on the Toei Oedo line, 14 minute walk from exit A1 at Asakusabashi Station on the Toei Asakusa line. | ||
| Phone | 03-5600-1640 |
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