Hikaru Dorodango

Hikaru dorodango means “shining mudball” in Japanese.
Dorodango describes the Japanese art of making mudballs from clay.

It is a meditative process, where layers of fine dirt are added to the surface of a muddy ball to a point at which the ball can be polished to a high sheen.

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During this process, you dive into a meditative flow. The constantly repeating movements remain challenging, as the Dorodango can change from one minute to the other. Your mind stays busy, but you are disconnected from everything else.

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The Cycle of Vitality is a collection of jointly created Dorodangos representing the vital resource loam. The process of creating a Hikaru Dorodango constitutes a contact zone where humans meet the material loam. There, the Dorodango-makers experience all stages of its becoming and its power to evoke actions. In this way, they start to rethink the current way of dealing with materials and objects.