<![endif] Sign Up Sign In My Modern Met HOME ART DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHITECTURE SHOP ARCHIVE /1091571/1x1_Ad_Unit All Posts Featured Posts Artist Collects 50,000 Keys Across the Globe for An Immersive Exhibition on Memories By Anna Gragert May 8, 2015 Within the 2015 Venice Art Biennale's Japan Pavilion, artist Chiharu Shiota has amazed visitors with an extraordinarily immersive presentation. Using two boats, vibrant red yarn, a net of interlaced metal, and more than 50,000 unique used keys, Shiota created "The Key in the Hand," an exhibition meant to inspire viewers to think about the importance of memories and the unknown. The display features the intertwined keys hanging over the boats on bright red yarn and onlookers are able to walk beneath the maze on a winding path. The tens of thousa...