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"Drawing on the centuries-old traditions of his Japanese forebears, Colorado-born, New York\u2013based Jacob Hashimoto has elevated the craft of kitemaking to brave new heights. Over the past 15 years, Hashimoto has shown his installations\u2014which combine painting, sculpture, and 3-D design\u2014everywhere from Verona, Italy, to Tacoma, Washington. For the third iteration of his epic Gas Giant piece, currently on display at MOCA Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, Hashimoto conceived an immersive kaleidoscopic experience referencing clouds, water, and other natural elements strung together with roughly 30,000 collaged bamboo kites, wood, string, and thousands of knots.\n\nPinterestFacebookAnother view of Hashimoto's mesmerizing work.\n\nThis cascade of box and circular kites begins on the ground floor of the PDC, runs up the stairs, and spills onto the second-floor gallery, enveloping visitors at every turn. \"In its earlier iterations, each installation was conceptualized more like a painting or a sculpture: The visitor could look at it or walk around it but not enter it,\" says curator Alma Ruiz. For the L.A. installation, Hashimoto's first solo show in California, he also made preparatory drawings, which he didn't do for the previous installations in Venice (during the Biennale) and Chicago (at Rhona Hoffman Gallery). The preparation has paid off, says Ruiz. \"This experience resonates with visitors who are used to contemplating an artwork rather than interacting with it. They appreciate the involvement.\" With its dreamy colors and ethereal layers, Gas Giant is like a walk in the clouds.\n\nThrough June 8 at the MOCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles; moca.org\n\nPinterestFacebookThe gallery filled floor-to-ceiling with Hashimoto's installation."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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