Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles

Thread stretches through the galleries of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Chiharu Shiota’s The Soul Trembles. Making its North American debut, the touring exhibition covers more than thirty years of the Berlin-based Japanese artist’s career, including installations built by hand in response to the rooms they occupy.

The Montreal presentation includes Uncertain Journey and In Silence, with sculptures and performance documentation extending the account of her practice. Ordinary objects become caught within dense networks of thread, giving physical form to the memories and relationships they carry. Each installation is remade for its setting, continuing Shiota’s interest in the impermanence of both the work and the experiences behind it.