Jun 2
On a recent trip to Hiroshima, I got fascinated by Alice Garden, a weird, eccentric and remarkably intact Post-Modernist public plaza and event space that has somehow survived more than 30 years. AFAIK, it was originally created when PARCO built their new department store in 1994. A major modernist sculpture by artist/musician Suzuki Takashi sits on an artist-designed plinth that's also used as an event stage.
Curiouser and Curiouser: Alice Garden in Hiroshima [greg.org] 📷: 2026 photo from the bleachers at Alice Garden, Hiroshima; 2022 Streetview screenshot of the Alice Garden bike parking entrance structure; Suzuki Takashi, Linear Cycle, 1994 as originally installed at Alice Garden, image courtesy the artist
#alice garden#suzuki takashi#PARCO#Hiroshima#post-modernism#modernism#this thing is a self-contradictory mess but it's still so complete and has survived so long it should be appreciated and taken care of#tired: geijutsu/bijutsu discourse#wired: chōkoku/objet discourse#public space#architecture#hiroba
