TIME

2021 - current

TIME Day 1 to Day 1000

TIME

TIME is an ongoing art project by Keiko Miyamori that began in October 2021.
The project started when her father was scheduled for surgery. Since then, she has made a daily practice of taking two small bark rubbings from the same tree each morning. One is carefully selected and sealed inside a handmade glass box, while the other is preserved. The edges of each glass box reflect the weather of that day—silver for sun, black for rain, gray for clouds, and white for snow—capturing not only time, but atmosphere and memory.

TIME exists both online and in physical exhibitions. Visitors are invited to choose a piece that resonates with them and take it home. When a piece is selected, its pair—the one kept in storage—is placed in a blue glass box and added to the exhibition. In this way, each moment becomes part of a quiet, collective archive of memory and connection.

The project also includes traces of daily life with her father, mother, and their cats. It began as a way of recording her family's final chapter together, but has since evolved into a broader exploration of memory and time—something all people experience.
TIME is not simply about recording time, but about slowing down, reflecting, and sharing time as something we live through.

Each daily piece is housed in a handmade glass box measuring 6.5 × 8 × 1.2 cm. In exhibitions, these boxes are displayed in various ways—spread across tables or floors, or stacked into tower-like formations of glass. Each installation becomes a unique spatial expression of passing time.

The daily Rubbings in Instagram https://www.instagram.com/keiko_miyamori/

TIME in exhibition The Sea of Memories, Rose’s Pride, Nakamuraya Salon Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2023

TIME in exhibition Keiko Miyamori, Kyokusyo Museum, Gifu, Japan 2024

TIME in exhibition Cultivating Time (duo show with Hiroko Matsuo), Gallery MoMo, Tokyo, Japan 2024