In Bloom #2 DAGAT & BULAKLAK

自然界では存在し得ないようなシチュエーションで花を活けるプロジェクト「In Bloom」。
宇宙（成層圏）へ植物を打ち上げた第一弾「EXOBIOTANICA」に続き、第二弾ではフィリピン・ネグロス島のヒノバアン沖合にて、
穏やかに広がる海の真ん中に巨大な花の塊を活け込んだ。

地元漁師が浮かべた筏に全長4メートル、約１万本の真っ赤なヘリコニアで造形されるボタニカルスカルプチャー。遮るもののない鋭い太陽光線を浴び、潮風に吹かれながら、
コバルトブルーの海を静かに漂う。地表の約70％を占める海という壮大なスケールで、刻々と変化する花の表情、それを取り巻く環境とのコントラストをドキュメンタリーとして記録した。

“In Bloom”, art project for which Azuma Makoto creates flower installations under the environments where nature does not allow them to
exist. Following the first installation of the project “EXOBIOTANICA”, the botanical space flight, the next artwork was in Hinoba-an Sea,
Negros Island in Philippines. There, Azuma will created a huge sculpture of flowers in the middle of the ocean that stretches calmly
around the Island.

A 4-meters long botanical sculpture consisted of approximately 10,000 red Heliconia were installed on a simple raft used by the local
fisherman. With nothing blocked the harsh sunlight, blown by salted water, the sculpture of flowers quietly floated in the cobalt blue
ocean. The ocean accounts 70% of the surface of the earth, and therefore it created magnificent stage for the project. A vivid contrast
between expressions of the flowers that change every minute and the surrounding environment were recorded as a documentary.

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