Yoshi Nishi / Yoshirotten

Menhir 2 (2025)

Interactive installation with light sensors. Courtesy of the artist.

Menhir 2 transforms the ambient light of AKI's Atrium into shifting waves of colour, rendering the invisible visible and creating a meditative space within a dynamic social environment. Like the prehistoric standing stones it references, the work stands as a persistent, silent presence — a beacon of sensory awareness that responds to every body that passes through the space.

The digital and the physical are not separate. By using light sensors that react to the movement of bodies and changing time of day, the work captures the essence of Ichigo Ichie (one time, one meeting), making time a fluid, visible component.

Each moment is unique and unrepeatable. Reflections, light, sound, and air create a meditative rhythm of impermanence depending on your emotional state. The work does not exist without the viewer.

Resilience in art is the ability to maintain a space for stillness and reflection amidst the speed of modern life. Menhir 2 stands as a persistent beacon of sensory awareness.