site-specific | permanent artwork
Great Light
2024
Printed fabric
Mariko Mori’s artistic career, which includes sculptures, videos, photographs, installations, digital images, and performances, is original and multifaceted. It features references to both the pop imagery and religious traditions of her native Japan, as well as elements of Western culture, often achieving results with a strong spiritual imprint that highlights the profound connections among all human beings.
From the digital images, photographs and installations featuring her as a manga heroine, to her more recent, purpose-driven projects aimed at raising awareness of environmental issues and equality among peoples, Mariko Mori’s work blends technology with the rediscovery of humanity’s ancestral roots.
The Great Light ceiling canvas was created especially for Palazzo Diedo.
Courtesy of the artist
Photos by Massimo Pistore
temporary artwork
Peace Crystal
2016-2024, Venice
In 2010, contemporary artist Mariko Mori began a monumental public project to create six site-specific artworks in unique ecological settings, local communities and collaborators on each of the Earth’s habitable continents. Faou Foundation, a non-profit organization, was formed to realize the project and promote environmental awareness of the balance between humanity and nature. Mori’s artworks are an emblem of gratitude to the diverse ecosystems and natural resources found across the globe. Set within the beauty of their pristine surroundings, they are a prayer for peace and harmony, and a reminder that every living being exists to revere Earth’s treasures. Faou wishes to inquire an ethos of “One with Nature.” Faou’s third installation and Mori’s newest work, Peace Crystal, will be on view in the Private Garden, Palazzo Corner Della Ca’ Granda, Venice from May - October 2024
