The poetry exhibition “Flowers, Poems and….”
The poetry exhibition “Flowers, Poems and….”
date: 25th/June - 6th/July 2013
location: a flower shop KOTO NO HA, Matsumoto, Japan
The poetry exhibition “Flowers, Poems and….”
date: 25th June ~ 6th July 2013
location: a flower shop KOTO NO HA, Matsumoto, Japan
location: a flower shop KOTO NO HA, Matsumoto, Japan
Exhibition
Saturday Night Party
The poetry exhibition “Flowers, Poems and….” was held at a flower shop “KOTO NO HA” in Matsumoto-city, Japan, for two weeks from the 25th of June to the 6th of July 2013. In Japan, the period is rainy season every year. We planed that participants enjoyed reading poems with the fragrance of many flowers and the calm sound of falling rain.
The hosts were made up of three members. Go Uchida – It was me and a poet, Naoko Iguchi – she was a florist and Daisaku Maeda – he was wood craftsman. At first, I wrote seven poems. The poems were many kinds – like a diaries, a fantasies, love stories, allegories, and so on. There were the depiction of flowers included in all the poems. Next, Naoko chose seven flowers associated with seven poems. She had a good sense of reading poems, and all flowers collected by her were wonderful. At last, Daisaku set up the exhibition place. And also, he have given us good advices how to make the exhibition. The exhibition wouldn’t have been able to hold without him.
On the 29th of June in the term of the exhibition, we held a poetry reading night. I read seven poems without sound and movie, only my own voice. And I prepared and read a special poem only for the participants who joined the reading night! The participants could enjoy drinking some kind of alcohol and foods. The bartender was my friend, Tomoyuki Maita. He is usually a jam-maker. But that night, in all truth, he was a great bartender. That very day, the flower shop was crowded with a large audience. And fortunately, while I read all the poems, it was very very calm rain! We could hold the exhibition with the fragrance of many flowers and the calm sound of falling rain! I appreciate the fact that all participant have joined the reading night.
poem: Go Uchida
flower: Naoko Iguchi and KOTO NO HA
coordinator: Daisaku Maeda
bartender: Tomoyuki Maita