Reversible Destiny Foundation

Reversible Destiny Foundation To Not to Die.

The Reversible Destiny Foundation was founded in 2010 by Arakawa and Madeline Gins to promote their work and philosophy in the areas of art, architecture and writing

Remembering Madeline Gins (1941 - 2014)"Before you can change the world, you must accept the fact that you are in it as ...
01/08/2026

Remembering Madeline Gins (1941 - 2014)

"Before you can change the world, you must accept the fact that you are in it as found. The more you figure out about how you are in it the better. Learn to apply this saying to everything, across the board, down to the minutest detail and it will give you, as it has given me, great strength." โ€” ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข, 1994

Image: Snapshot of Madeline sitting at her desk

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As the new year begins, we look toward new horizons ahead.Wishing everyone a dynamic Reversible Destiny New Year! ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด...
01/05/2026

As the new year begins, we look toward new horizons ahead.

Wishing everyone a dynamic Reversible Destiny New Year!

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ Foundation

Image 1: Arakawa and Madeline looking over Yoro Park, 1995
Image 2: Closeup of Reversible Dedtiny Park model
Image 3: Madeline and Arakawa walking through the Elliptical Field at Yoro Park on opening day (23 September 1995)

All images from the archives

#2026

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ: ๐˜œ๐˜๐˜–๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ขOpened on October 17, this group exhibition brings together contemporary an...
12/01/2025

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ: ๐˜œ๐˜๐˜–๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข

Opened on October 17, this group exhibition brings together contemporary and historical works that examine how the unknown has shaped our understanding of the universe. From religious iconography to imaginative interpretations of space, the show invites viewers to reflect on how these mysteries inform our existence and how these ideas have evolved over time.

Among the works on view is Arakawaโ€™s ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ/๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด/๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ/๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ/๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, 1977. Please see it in person at the , where the exhibition is showcased through February 1, 2026.

Image courtesy of Mark & Nikki Feldman and The Drawing Center

Today marks Madeline Gins' 84th day of birth. Happy Birthday, Madeline!First Image: Madeline in the basin of Yoro Park, ...
11/07/2025

Today marks Madeline Gins' 84th day of birth. Happy Birthday, Madeline!

First Image: Madeline in the basin of Yoro Park, 1995
Second Image: Madeline Leaning against a wall in Yoro Park, 1995
Third Image: Draft of "November" by Madeline Gins

All images from the archives of Reversible Destiny Foundation

As the ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜•๐˜–๐˜ž! ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ commences today, here are Arakawa and Madeline Gins sitting wi...
10/25/2025

As the ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜•๐˜–๐˜ž! ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ commences today, here are Arakawa and Madeline Gins sitting with Shuntaro Tanikawa at the opening of the ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บโ€“๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ in 1995.

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Louis Vuitton recently shot their Menโ€™s Fall-Winter 2025 campaign at the Site of Reversible Destinyโ€“Yoro Park in Gifu, J...
10/18/2025

Louis Vuitton recently shot their Menโ€™s Fall-Winter 2025 campaign at the Site of Reversible Destinyโ€“Yoro Park in Gifu, Japan. Louis Vuittonโ€™s campaign brings new light to the visionary landscape realized by Arakawa and Madeline Gins.

As we approach the parkโ€™s 30th anniversary, we ask you to join us in celebrating three decades of challenging bodily perceptions.

For more information and tickets, please check the links in our bio.

All images from Louis Vuitton

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๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜•๐˜–๐˜ž! ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐOctober 25 โ€“ November 17, 2025Venue: Site of Reversible Destiny โ€“ Yoro...
10/03/2025

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜•๐˜–๐˜ž! ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ
October 25 โ€“ November 17, 2025
Venue: Site of Reversible Destiny โ€“ Yoro Park, Gifu, Japan

Join us in celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Site of Reversible Destiny โ€“ Yoro Park, an experiential park created by Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins in 1995. The festivities will feature large-scale installations, collaborative performances, and workshops that embody the visionary ideas of Arakawa and Gins. Make sure to mark your calendars for special performances taking place between November 1 - 3, 2025. Book your tickets soon, and we hope to see you there!

Please stay tuned for more news in the upcoming weeks.

For more information and tickets, please check the website: https://lbm.architectural-body.com/

โ€œWhat is WORD RAIN?โ€For Ambiguous Zones 16, writer and reader Daniella Sanader lends a critical lens into the semantics ...
05/08/2025

โ€œWhat is WORD RAIN?โ€

For Ambiguous Zones 16, writer and reader Daniella Sanader lends a critical lens into the semantics of WORD RAIN by Madeline Gins. Link in our bio. Enjoy!



Images from Reversible Destiny Foundation Archives: Franรงois DinDio, โ€œNOTE ON WORD RAIN.โ€ May 23 1978.//Cover of WORD RAIN by Madeline Gins. New York: Grossman Publishers, Inc., 1969.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ดAs the seasons shift and flowers come into bloom, we hope that you will have the chance to see Arakawaโ€™s ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ/๐˜–๐˜ณ...
04/23/2025

๐˜ˆ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ด

As the seasons shift and flowers come into bloom, we hope that you will have the chance to see Arakawaโ€™s ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ/๐˜–๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ. 2, 1974, on view through June 21, 2025. ๐˜ˆ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ดโ€”a group exhibition โ€”invites reflection on the various interpretations of the rose through a visual and historical lens.

For more information, please visit our website.

Image courtesy of the Reversible Destiny Foundation Archives and the FLAG Art Foundation

๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ÿ๐˜Ÿ๐˜๐˜๐˜: ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ-๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ดโ€”๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ป๐˜ฐ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข/๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ...
04/14/2025

๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ÿ๐˜Ÿ๐˜๐˜๐˜: ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ-๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ดโ€”๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ป๐˜ฐ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข/๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด

On view from March 17 through May 30, 2025, the Keio University Art Center (Tokyo, Japan) presents an exhibition exploring the 'blank space' created through the correspondences between Shuzo Takiguchi, Arakawa, and Madeline Gins. Make sure to add it to your list of visits while in Japan!

For more information, please check http://www.art-c.keio.ac.jp/en/news-events/event-archive/artarchive27/.

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