CCBT 2025 artist fellow Kishi Yuma is holding the Parallel Forests exhibition at Umi-no-Mori Park. The sound and light installation senses the subtle responses of plants in a nocturnal forest. In the after-hours silence of the park, a whole new forest emerges.
The 2025 CCBT artist fellow Kishi Yuma is developing a project to develop what he calls “botanical intelligence” (BI), a reinterpretation of contemporary artificial intelligence from a plant perspective. Through implementing generative BI capable of precisely sensing multifaceted environmental data such as light, wind, and soil, and outputting that as text and audio, Kishi aspires to cultivate a commons where humans and nonhumans alike can thrive together.
Parallel Forests is held in a forest at night. It features an installation that senses environmental changes and how plants are subtly responding, and transmutes that data into sound and light. Unveiled to the public for the first time, the BI platform generates resonance among both humans and flora by modifying algorithms according to the data received from the plants. The exhibition is held at Umi-no-Mori Park, a large public park built on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay. While located in the city, the park is a place where visitors can feel closer to the sky, breeze, and flora.
Walking through the forest and hearkening to the flora, experience how your perception of the environment gradually transforms.
Important Information for Visitors
– A reservation is required to view the exhibition. Please register using the reservation form via the link at the bottom of the page.
The free shuttle bus between Shin-Kiba Station and Umi-no-Mori Park also requires a reservation. Please indicate on the reservation form whether you wish to use the shuttle bus. CCBT will contact you via email with information about where and when to board the bus. Please check this information before arriving on the day.
– The exhibition is held outdoors at night. Please wear warm clothing and comfortable walking shoes.
– There are dark areas in the venue. Please be careful of uneven surfaces and mud.
– The viewing time is approximately 30 minutes.
– The exhibition takes place even in the event of rain, though may be canceled or subject to change in the case of severe weather. In the unlikely event of cancellation, visitors will be notified by 1 p.m. on the day via the CCBT website, official social media channels, and email.
– Filming and photography by media outlets and the organizers may take place during the exhibition. Such images and footage may be for documentation purposes and promotional activities by the organizers and artist fellow Kishi Yuma.
– If you have any questions, please contact CCBT.
Access
Umi-no-Mori Park（3-3-76 Uminomori, Koto Ward, Tokyo）
Shuttle bus
A free shuttle bus runs to Umi-no-Mori Park from Shin-Kiba Station on the JR Keiyo, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho, or Rinkai lines (approximately 20-minute ride). Advance reservations are required. After registering, visitors receive shuttle bus information via email.
Car
Please use the Tokyo Metropolitan Umi-no-Mori Park Parking Lot (268 parking spaces, including 6 accessible parking spaces).
Price: weekdays ¥500 per day; weekends and holidays ¥1,000 per day
Payment is made when leaving the parking lot. A fee is charged per entry. Payment can be made by cash, credit card, and PayPay, but public transport IC cards and other electronic payment methods are not accepted.
Parking fees are waived for users with a disability certificate (Physical Disability Certificate, Love Certificate, Rehabilitation Certificate, or Mental Disability Insurance and Welfare Certificate). Please show your certificate and parking ticket (photocopies are not accepted) at the Umi-no-Mori Park Management Office.
Foot or bicycle
Tokyo Gate Bridge is closed to pedestrians and cyclists after 5 p.m., meaning visitors cannot arrive on foot or by bicycle during exhibition opening hours. Please use the free shuttle bus or arrive by car.
プロジェクト「平行植物園」
植物的視点から現代の人工知能（AI）を捉え直した、「植物知性（BI・Botanical Intelligence）」を開発するプロジェクト。光・風・土壌などの多元的な環境データを精緻にセンシングし、テキストや音声を出力する「生成BI」の実装を通して、人間・人間以外が共に繁栄できる「コモンズ」の開拓を目指す。完成したシステムはインスタレーション作品として屋外会場にて公開するほか、研究開発の過程では専門家との協働や、シンポジウム、ポッドキャスト等の開催を予定。CCBTを拠点に、すべての存在にとっての共有資源である自然から思考し、新しい共栄地帯を発見することに挑む。
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