“Conchiglie Sonore” Maeda Kamari
Cesena | Italy

 

 

 

The art exhibition “Conchiglie Sonore” (Sound Shells) by Japanese shodo artist Maeda Kamari was conceived and designed to be exhibited inside the 1816 Church of Santa Cristina in Cesena, featuring 22 previously unpublished plates, each measuring 140 x 70 cm in size, equivalent to a double alchemical square. Tables intended as ‘portraits of the heart’, created on paper, especially for this occasion.

The architecture of the building is characterised by a circular plan reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome. The artist was asked to create calligraphic works to be placed peripherally around the central void of the church, each on one of the 16 twin columns. Eight large ceramic plates historiated by the artist completed the display. The opening was followed by a calligraphic live performance by the artist, accompanied by music by Japanese organist Megumi Horie, to fully appreciate ‘the way of writing’, a Japanese art form known as Shodō (sho=writing; dō=way).