Transcend Section, 2005
Light Emitting Diode, IC, Electric wire, Wood, Stone
Transcend Section consists of digital devices, LEDs that count down from 9 to 1 repeatedly without displaying zero, symbolizing the Buddhist concepts of the eternity and radiance of life.
They are laid out in a grid fashion, centered on the museum entrance and extending out to the pavement and streets to entice passersby into the museum. The arrangement of the lights, however, remains grid-like and connected to the museum entrance, a layout suggestive of sections of different kinds: partitions, divisions, classes, zones. But because the LEDs move and change, the sections open and close, suggesting a "harmony of life" that goes beyond sections per se.
For this work, Miyajima called 40 people from the Museum friends and in the neighborhood to participate in the workshop.
