Living in Sydney not only do we have great access to art, music and culture, we are also fortunate enough to be bereft of earthquakes, tsunamis and all the other frightening events that occur on the tectonic fault lines.
In Japan however, it’s not the case, but in a generous act Artist Anish Kapoor and Architect Arata Isozaki have designed an inflatable mobile concert hall that will tour regions affected by the major earthquake and tsunami that hit two years ago.
The 500-seat venue is designed to stage performances ranging from orchestras and chamber music to jazz, theatre, dance and art, and it will host the Lucerne Festival of music this autumn in Matsushima.
“We named the Project Ark Nova, or ‘new ark’, with the hope that it will become a symbol of recovery immediately after the great earthquake disaster,” said the designers.
“Ark Nova obviously can’t carry people and animals to escape from disaster, but we conceived the ark to travel packed with music and various arts, from the perspective of long-term rebuilding of culture and spirit,” they added.
The walls of the structure are made from a stretchy plastic membrane, designed to enable quick erection and dismantling. To transport it to a new venue, the orb is completely deflated and loaded onto the back of a lorry alongside the disassembled equipment.
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