Art Programs Statue of Hainuwele　Hiroko Kubo

The title of the work, “Hainuwele,” refers to an Indonesian mythological goddess. She was killed and dismembered. Her story is a food origin myth, in which food is said to have been born from her body fragments. In the year 2020, when the artist conceived the work, the world began to be threatened by a new type of virus. Hiroko Kubo felt anxious about the future of society and humankind, which led the artist’s attention to more fundamental and primitive things, and sought creative inspiration from ancient myths around the world and Japanese archaeology, including Jomon pottery and clay figurines. The fragmented female figure lying on her back changes over time, affected by rain, sunlight, and wind. Please experience with your body the space created by the work and the expression of the soil.