The latest public artwork from Katsuhiro Otomo PROCESSION SPIN was unveiled today. Installed in the 1st basement floor passage at Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line in Ginza Station; the 7 meters wide and 2.4 meters high ceramic relief, made up of 164 individual ceramic tiles, 4 bronzes and 290 glazes was planned by the JPTCA (Japan Traffic Culture Association) and produced over approximately two years by seven artisans at CREARE Atami-Yugawara Studio based on the original drawings that Otomo spent about three years creating. Otomo supervised the whole project and he personally colored the sticker on kaneda's motorcycle located in the lower left.
Press release from JPTCA in English: https://jptca.org/en/news/2025/11723/
Official website Japanese: https://jptca.org/publicart563/
Official website English: https://jptca.org/en/publicart563/
Otomo's message on the plaque
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production: CREARE Atami-Yugawara Studio
Otomo's comments on the inauguration ceremony
I've shaped the flow of art-from the Jomon period to the present and beyond-into a single form. The thoughts and prayers people wished to express by era are passing down while changing form. From that sequence, I'm lining up the fragments that have drawn me in and remain in my heart. Many hands have worked on, the colors emerge, it gradually rose up as a three-di-mensional form. From here on, the work belongs to the viewer.
When you happen to stop by, approach and retreat as you please, I would be happy if something resonates within you.
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Type: Ceramic relief
Size: 7 x 2.4 m
Supporters: Seiko Group Corporation and Metro Cultural Foundation
NTV NEWS coverage
I’m not very good at speaking, but today, being here in such a wonderful place…we all created this work together. This piece took an incredible amount of time, and it’s probably the most difficult work I’ve ever made.
After all, because it’s public art, it’s not inside a museum, but out there in the city. I think this will probably become a work that everyone can physically interact with. Maybe people will stick 100-yen or 10-yen coins into little gaps somewhere in it…And maybe I’ll come collect them at the end of the year.
But really, if people enjoy it, that alone makes us very happy. So everyone, please, show some love to the artwork.
Thank you very much.
