Hiroshi Fuji Makes a Dazzling Art Installation in Tokyo Using 50,000 Recycled Toys

Japanese artist <a title="Artist Hiroshi Fuji Makes Magical Installation Using 50,000 Recycled Toys" href="http://geco.jp/" target="_blank">Hiroshi Fuji</a> has filled a gallery space in <a title="Artist Hiroshi Fuji Makes Magical Installation Using 50,000 Recycled Toys" href="http://inhabitat.com/artist-yumiko-matsui-recreates-the-city-of-tokyo-entirely-from-paper/" target="_blank">Tokyo</a> with 50,000 recycled multicolored toys. This large-scale installation at <a title="Artist Hiroshi Fuji Makes Magical Installation Using 50,000 Recycled Toys" href="http://www.3331.jp/" target="_blank">3331 Arts Chiyoda</a> was made using old toys that were left over from the artist’s own toy exchange program. Magical dinosaurs, flying birds, big mountains and walkways were built into a confined space so kids and adults could play and wander while being reminded of our disposable culture and the short life spam of the stuff we once owned.

Hiroshi Fuji is a well-known installation artist and social activist born in Kagoshima City and working all around the globe.

He makes large-scale installations, performances and events with a focus in the community and the use of discarded materials like, in this case, old plastic toys.

The rescued toys are collected from the 1,000 locations – which include shops, parks, museums, private homes and community centers around Japan – to be reused in creative activities like public workshops or art installations.

This brilliant petrol-based installation brings up childhood memories exposing visitors to random old stuff.

From Mickey Mouse to Doraemon, colorful plastic toys become giant monsters or landscapes thanks to Fuji’s creative eye and tasteful stuff rearranged.

A project based on education, entertainment and cooperation activities between kids and grown-ups, this magical toys landscape is in fact a big statement on trash and its huge creative potential.