For the six months of the Expo, the words I said hundreds of times a day were:
“You can’t get in without a reservation.”
Over 25.5 million people came, and only about 2 percent of them got inside null².
Looking at 25 million disappointed faces,
I spent six months saying the saddest goodbye in Japan.
null²ⁿ in Yokohama is made for those 25 million.
What has mass breaks; what has no mass is forgotten.
The null² that 540,000 people met in Osaka let go of its mass when the Expo closed,
and passed over to the side of memory and image.
One year later,
on October 14, 2026, at Yokohama Landmark Plaza,
that forest gains mass once more, as null²ⁿ.
Five experience areas, and at their core,
a permanent museum theater built around two giant LEDs.
There is no closing date, and you can book.
You’re allowed to come back again.
Farewell, Homo sapiens.
And welcome home, forest of null.
See you in Yokohama.
Yoichi OchiaiMedia artist