This is a series of underwater artworks that gently sway with the movement of rising air bubbles.
Initially launched in 2014 with just two types of display, PUWANTS has gradually expanded its variety, growing to twelve types by 2024. This latest exhibition features new works inspired by time and watches, alongside remodeled versions of previous works.

Glass Making: Kentaro Yanagi, Izumi Yamada

Light reflects on a slowly rotating disc, creating a work that waxes and wanes like the moon.
Rotating once per minute, it marks the passing of time like a watch while displaying shifting expressions of light and shadow.
The moon’s phases, constant throughout history, continue to illuminate the human heart while reflecting the passage of time.

Production Cooperation ：Tsuchie Corporation

Cadence of the Spiral is inspired by the mainspring and hairspring encountered when disassembling a mechanical watch. The shapes of these delicate, coiled metal pieces seemed more than mere mechanical parts; they appeared to embody the force and rhythm that drive time itself. When gently lifted, they responded to the slightest movement of the hand, swaying as if about to begin pulsing. The work features a spiral structure made of long, supple stainless-steel plates supported by multiple arms. Each arm extends and retracts independently, imparting alternating tension and release to the spiral. Moreover, their movements interact across the structure, continuously generating new patterns of order moment by moment.
The shifting form of the spiral quietly traces the invisible contours of time.

Co-production：Seiko Watch Corporation
Direction：Yusuke Kamiyama（Spline Design Hub）
Production Team：
Shin Sakamoto（Spline Design Hub）
Kaku Murayama（Spline Design Hub）
Fumiya Nakano

We have captured the barely audible sounds produced by the movements of mechanical watches and used them to compose music. This work uses the ticking of the balance wheels in Seiko 6-, 8- , and 10-beat watches and the faint hum of the oscillating weight, arranged into a musical piece of three movements. What music might the watches around you be playing if you were to listen?

Co-production：Seiko Watch Corporation
Production Team：
Shintaro Kono（Makership Inc.）
Tomoya Matsuura
Yoshiki Masuda
Equipment Support： Focusrite Group

Mechanical watches introduced the concept of regular time into human life. This work visualizes time by extending the intricate movements of watch hands to create patterns in sand. The patterns, which appear, fade, and are traced again, continuously change while endlessly repeating, reflecting both the transience and permanence of time. Set against a backdrop of Japanese tranquility, the piece overlays the rhythmic pulse of machinery with the cyclical flow of nature.

The hands of mechanical watches quietly mark the individual “time” for each of their owners, symbolizing both the individual’s life and the passage of time. Normally, the hands of a watch travel their course alone within their small case, never intersecting with the outside world. In this work, the watch hands are presented as tiny people and set free from their cases, creating a miniature world where each individual’s “time” intersects. Although from a distance they appear as mere watch hands, upon closer observation, the subtle unfolding of their encounters becomes visible, quietly revealing stories of connection.