Art Port Roppongi
Shimura Nobuhiro

hundreds of boots

Inspired by the Hyakumai-zara “Hundred Plates” of Akiyoshido Cavern, Yamaguchi,artist Shimura Nobuhiro molded one hundred candles from old boots collected mostly from local residents of Mine, Yamaguchi. The installation hundreds of boots uses ordinary materials and imagery to evoke an atmosphere of sedimented time layered with memories of other non-urban lives.

Shimura Nobuhiro

Born in Tokyo, 1982. Graduated from Master of Arts (Imaging Arts and Sciences Course) at Musashino Art University. He has consistently produced lots of installations by projecting pictures with the theme of “Throwing light” inside and outside the country.