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KEIGO YAMAMOTO

Lives and works in Fukui city, Japan
http://www.k--bit.net

Renga linked Picture Communication | Urban Energies and Rural Energies alone cannot expect to create something unique or attractive. Indeed,
While culture has been headed for urbanization, the advances in at this rate, cities in the world might be standardized and turn out to
computer technology have made the world smaller, and changed our be unattractive places. What we need for the cities in the 21st century
concept of time and space. The Internet, in particular, has enabled us to is intentionally to utilize more of nature. We will have to explore a new
communicate with any remote site without any time lag, and to introduce type of culture by mingling “Urban Energies” and “Rural Energies”, and
telecommuting systems into companies as a new working style. This harmonizing them. Viewed in this light, Japanese gardens made during
progress in electronic information systems can be a piece of evidence the Muromachi period (1392-1573) could be a good model. I believe the
that the one-way approach of urbanization is not enough to survive philosophy and thoughts behind these gardens could give us a clue to
the upcoming 21st century. In other words, a one-way flow of energies help survive the 21st century.
 WATER DROP GIFT FROM HEAVEN NR 8, 1999, DISTORSED CITY BY KEIGO YAMAMOTO AND EIKO ITO. LINKED PICTURES

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