Flow of Kindness
Installation, 2025
Chiba, Japan
Design: ZHANG Jie
Technical Support & Fabrication: Masashi Atsumi
Built with HU Tingyu Amber, Takashi Iwasawa
For Chiba City Arts Triennale 2025
This project is a participatory installation that moves around the city of Chiba, using a temporary circular blackboard to spark dialogue and connection among citizens. People are invited to share moments when things didn’t go as planned and transform these experiences into words of encouragement for others, offering positive energy to those who may be struggling.
The five-meter-diameter blackboard takes its curved form from the image of people standing hand in hand—a symbol of solidarity and mutual support. During the exhibition, citizens will be encouraged to draw and write messages with colorful chalk, exchanging warm and uplifting words with strangers.
The work responds to the growing social pressures and mental health challenges of our information-saturated age. Since the pandemic, social media has increasingly highlighted only the “brighter moments” of others, often deepening anxiety through constant comparison. Against this backdrop, the project offers simple yet heartfelt reassurances in public space: “It’s okay—you’re already doing enough. Keep going, just as you are.”
More details: https://artstriennale.city.chiba.jp/en/projects/2025-32/
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ZHANG Jie / 张婕is a spatial designer and artist based in Shanghai. She trained as an architect at Huaqiao University and the University of Hong Kong from 2013 to 2020. Since relocating to Shanghai in 2020, she has focused on small-scale installations and spatial design, while continuously providing commercial interior design services for retail companies and government projects.
YANG Chen / 杨晨 is an architectural designer and illustrator based in Florence. He studied architecture at Huaqiao University (2013-2018) and Politecnico di Torino (2019-2021), and has worked at WNA Architects in Torino and ACE Srl. in Florence.
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