'parallel worlds' by hugues reip at museum of contemporary art tokyo

parallel worlds at: museum of contemporary art, tokyo from: july 26th to september 28th, 2008french artist hugues reip has curated the ‘parallel worlds’ exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between france and japan. fantasy and science fiction are the theme of the exhibition featuring multi media works from reip and 10 other japanese and french artists he has selected. reips major works such as ‘eden’ – where viewers can experience an optical illusion of themselves as insects inside large plants and ‘white spirits’ – where illusions of ghosts appear and disappear are included. the ‘parallel’ world’s exhibition displays a playful side to contemporary art.