"The cosmos that was a Rabbit"


18.5 x20.5cm(box), 2006, edition1
Artist's Book
2006 "4th International Artist's Book
Triennial", Vilnius, Lithuania
2006 Collection of "Bokartas", Lithuania


 

 

 

 

Is the rabbit in the moon?                


                 ...Or is the moon in the rabbit?







    
We are in the Cosmos of the Rabbit, may be...
Over the ages, Japanese have passed down folklore from mother to child about rabbits secretly preparing rice cakes on the moon. This favorite Japanese legend probably originates from the fact that most Japanese claim to see a silhouette of a rabbit in the shadows reflected on the face of a full moon.
This book is based on this timeless legend of the rabbit and the moon.


"The Cosmos that was a Rabbit"
The cosmos, the never-ending galaxy we reside in, could perhaps be.... a huge rabbit. For all that we know, who is it to say that we are not but mere wanderers in the night, always being watched by the eye of a rabbit.

-exhibition -

"4th International Artist's Book Triennial Vilnius

Opening: 5th of December 2006,
Time and Place: 25th of December 2006: Gallery "Arka", Vilnius, Lithuania,
2007:"International Artist's Book Fair", Leipzig,Germany

Organiser of the Exhibition: Circle "Bokartas";
Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas;
Theme: Rabbit & House
Artists: 130 international artists