Story of Sail Me Away

Sail Me Away

SHINTARO KONO, 2025

 

 

A small boat-shaped light made for going far away.

In the Edo period, Japanese wooden cargo ships called benzai-sen
were central to maritime transport.
Under the national isolation policy, sailing into the open ocean was forbidden,
and uniquely Japanese single-sail ships developed instead.

Today, with a single swipe on a screen,
we can feel as if we have seen landscapes from all over the world.
Yet our bodies remain motionless,
and our hearts never quite manage to set sail.

This light is a piece of living equipment that holds
this “homeless” feeling of wanderlust for just one night.

 

 

Size: 14 × 24 × 20 cm (5.5" × 9.4" × 7.9")

Materials: Engineered Polymer, electronic components

 

 

 

Image: “The Kazusa sea route” (Hokusai) / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

 

 

 

This work is currently available for purchase only at the exhibition gallery.

For more details, feel free to contact us anytime via email (info@shintarokono.co) or Instagram DM (@shintaro.kono.works). 

 

 

• Approximately one month from order to delivery
• Includes USB power cable (USB adapter not included)
• Tilting the body forward and backward allows you to turn the light on, dim it, and turn it off
• Tilting the body left and right lets you hear the sounds of the open sea