Jul 16, 2021 TBS NEWS
As we approached the Tokyo Olympics in a week, a huge face suddenly appeared in the sky of Tokyo.
"Giant human face" contemporary art work shown in the sky of Tokyo
NHK | 2021-July-16
In Tokyo, on the 16th, a contemporary art work in which a huge human face emerges in the sky from the morning was unveiled and became a hot topic.
The head of a huge person floating in the sky is a balloon-shaped work named "Masayume", is a creation of "mé," a contemporary art team of three people for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
The head size is about a 7-story building. The head is modeled is on an a composite of the faces of real people selected from more than 1000 people recruited on the Internet---The age, gender, and nationality are not disclosed.
The work was brought into Yoyogi Park, Tokyo from early in the morning of the 16th, slowly unfolded, then inflated with hot air, and launched into the sky around 6 am.
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