Chiharu Shiota
“THE WEB OF TIME” – PERMANENT DISPLAYS

permanent displays
Museum of New Zealand  Te Papa Tongarewa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington

“I want the viewer to reflect on their inner self, on their life – past, present, and future…” – Chiharu Shiota In “The web of time”, countless intertwined strands connect numbers across time and space. The installation which is part of the Te Papa museum’s permanent collection creates the vision of a night sky studded with constellations of numbers. These numbers – scattered like stars in the night sky – represent meaningful dates in history, both collective and personal. As Chiharu Shiota says, “Numbers confort us. We share dates that are important to us, and they help us understand ourselves.”