When I saw this Broken Kilometer, it reminded me of these 1,000 Buddhas. That piece is 1,000 one-meter gold rods, and this is 1,000 pieces of gold gilded wooden sculpture. In terms of design, it's up to the space's character.
Hiroshi SugimotoI have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary.
Hiroshi SugimotoArt and religion have the same origin. Art first, or religion first? Maybe consciousness first! Consciousness always comes with religious feeling and artistic identification. It's the same origin.
Hiroshi SugimotoIt's pre-photography, a fossilization of time, Americans have done the Zen garden to death. I wanted to do something different.
Hiroshi SugimotoArt always helps religion; it became an inseparable phenomenon when human beings gained consciousness.
Hiroshi SugimotoWe need to have nature back in our atmosphere. There might be a turning point of going backward - within a few thousand years we are going back to the Stone Age! There are many scenarios [with] the robot technologies: Humans no longer need to walk; machines can produce products and food and everything. You might not be able to recognize what's false and what is real.
Hiroshi Sugimoto