"Shinrin-yoku bilingual publication is the culmination of the homonymous visual art exhibition presented from June 20 until September 29, 2024 at the J. & A. Diomedes Botanic Garden, in Athens. Featuring 15 international artists the project, curated by Kika Kyriakakou, was inspired by the Japanese phrase Shinrin-yoku ???, which translates into English as forest bathing: a tentative yet not very widespread term coined in 1982 by Tomohide Akiyama, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japan. A concept alluding to the ancient habit of spending time close to nature, among trees and wild plants, absorbed by the surrounding wilderness, without the distress of electronic devices and the fast pace of everyday life." - Source : PCAI.
Author: Kika Kyriakakou
Photos: Maria Toultsa
More information: https://www.pcai.gr/pcais-shinrin-yoku-and-sheltered-gardens-publications