Tokyo Photographic Art Museum 10:00
¥1,500, university students ¥1,200, senior high school and younger students ¥500
Creepy-crawlies in all their vivid and alien-like forms take centre stage at ‘Insects’, a special exhibition on show from March 21 to May 24 on the first basement level of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
Highlighting photographic works by Kenji Kohiyama and explanations by Takeshi Yoro, two professors who have been chasing bugs for over 70 years, the exhibition features prints, installations and 3D video works that magnify their tiny subjects several hundred times over. The result is a rare glimpse into the mysterious and wondrous world of insects, revealed in extraordinary detail.
Professor Kohiyama’s striking photographs are presented alongside Professor Yoro’s explanations and thought-provoking reflections, prompting visitors to wonder, ‘What on earth am I looking at?’ – and to search for nature’s own answers.
The exhibition is closed on Mondays (except May 4) and May 7.
