The final perspective, “Rhythms of Life,” stresses the multi-dimensional movement of life, not necessarily dictated by a linear trajectory, such as birth to death or beginning to end. Rather, time flows across multiple scales, reviving loss and decay to rekindle a quality of renewal.

Shooshie Sulaiman, Kawara Landskap, 2023, Installation view: Roppongi Crossing 2025: What Passes Is Time. We Are Eternal., Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2025-2026, Photo: Alma Reyes

Malaysian artist Shooshie Sulaiman is based both in Muar, Malaysia and Hiroshima. The impressive “Kawara Landskap” (2023) is an enormous wall-to-wall installation of over 1,500 roof tiles taken from abandoned homes in Onomichi, and was shown at the Onomichi City Museum of Art in Hiroshima. Malay poetic texts accompany the artwork, effectively linking art and memoirs with restoration and public empathy.

ZUGAKOUSAKU & KURIEITO, Subway Exit 1a, 2025, Photo: Alma Reyes

Don’t miss the eye-catching installations of Roppongi Station’s entrance and exit found between galleries. The team of Nozomu Kishikawa and Waki Okamoto, known as ZUGAKOUSAKU & KURIEITO, created “Subway Exit” (2025) in two versions depicting the station’s mood in daytime and nighttime. They implemented watercolored cardboard resembling elementary school art, suggesting short-lived and brittle recollections that easily fade away. At the end of the exhibition, visitors will be allowed to take home some of the cardboard pieces.

The showcase is a testament to art’s ability to recognize time that shifts and changes according to the depth of human experiences and sensations.

Roppongi Crossing 2025: What Passes Is Time. We Are Eternal.
Date: December 3rd, 2025 – March 29th, 2026
Opening Hours: 10:00 – 22:00 (Tuesdays till 17:00)
Place: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Address: 53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tel: +81 (0)47 316 2772
https://www.mori.art.museum