Traveling Exhibition

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In your daily life, do you think about what exists beneath you? The underground world is a vast, unknown and unexplored frontier comparable to the universe. This traveling exhibition "UNDERGROUND - a new vision for the earth" illustrates this unknown world with clues from the latest research on one of the last frontiers. The exhibition invites you to the deep darkness under your feet, which we hope be a chance to think about the earth and consider the grand scale of time it encompasses.

Concept

Currently many researchers are focused on how life has emerged and been affected by the earth environment. The underground is drawing attention as a key to the mystery. The amount of life in underground exceeds the amount above. Also research topics of the Antarctic underground, such as ice core and underground lake are introduced. Plus, an impressive image shows a surprising hypothesis based on underground research that the earth surface has frozen in the past. Lastly we reach mantle and the core, the deepest of the earth. Exploration into the underground world is a journey back to the origin of life and the earth, as well as to contemplate about the entire earth.

Various exhibits

In this exhibition, various topics are introduced by the latest research images, actual real-life samples, and hands-on exhibits. Also collaborative works with artists such as image works, a fabric installation, and an interactive exhibit create the underground world atmosphere.

Original exhibition

This exhibition is newly edited from the original exhibition "UNDERGROUND ? Adventure in the Darkness created by Imagination and Science", featured at Miraikan from 22 September 2007 to 28 January 2008.

http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/sp/underground/

Specification

Space: 300 m²
Height: 5.3m
20ft sea container x 1