Hope is a word that we have all become more familiar withor perhaps forgottenin the last year or so.

The world has experienced innumerable complications due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

Japanese artistChiharu Shiotasought to create a space that would remind and inspire us to believe again.

Chiharu Shiota “I Hope…” Thread Art Installation at Konig Galerie

The correspondence was then interconnected by thousands of lengths of scarlet thread hanging suspended in the air.

If you have no inspiration, there is no future.

This means, no one is there, but I feel like someone is present.

Chiharu Shiota “I Hope…” Thread Art Installation at Konig Galerie

So, when someone dies, I can feel their existence.

I want to create this feeling with my installation…

I am weaving the memory into existence.

Chiharu Shiota “I Hope…” Thread Art Installation at Konig Galerie

I thought this place was good for hope, Shiota explains.

Chiharu Shiota “I Hope…” Thread Art Installation at Konig Galerie

Chiharu Shiota “I Hope…” Thread Art Installation at Konig Galerie

Chiharu Shiota “I Hope…” Thread Art Installation at Konig Galerie

Chiharu Shiota “I Hope…” Thread Art Installation at Konig Galerie