Leandro Erlich's new work "Infinite Garden" is open to public at 2 sites in Osakasai Expo site.
Tsurumi Children's Hospice, located in a corner of Tsurumi Ryokuchi Flower Expo Memorial Park in Tsurumi Ward, Osaka, was established in the spring of 2016 as a place where children with life-threatening illnesses and their families can enjoy the time they should have had to give up due to treatments. This is a place to realize children's hope from what they "can't do" into "can do."
Leandro Erlich's new work "Infinite Garden" was installed outside the Tsurumi Children's Hospice in April 2025. The site is under the management of the hospice, but the gates are open daily to the public as a "Play and Creativity Square" from 10am to 5pm.
Leandro Erlich visited the park on April 26th and 27th, 2025, and held a opening ceremony. Children attending the facility planted seeds and flowers together with the artist, completing the work.
It has become literary an "infinite garden" with the children help who usually have no chance to touch the soil, or who have very limited chance to experience the changes of the seasons.
Place： Tsurumi Children's Hospice, 1-1-77 Hama, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka Shi, Osaka
planning and production managements: ArtTank (Etsuko Kodaira ＋ Toshio Kondo）
Meanwhile, another work by Leandro Erlich, "Infinite Garden - Joy of Diversity" has been completed in the "Forest of Tranquility" at the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, which will only be on display during the Expo. The shape of the work is almost the same as the one in the hospice, but four different gardens with completely different themes have been created in the space, including a Japanese garden and a cactus garden. While each space creates its own unique microcosm, the overall work is one harmonious whole.
Venue: Forest of Tranquility, Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan
Dates: 184 days from April 13, 2025 to October 13, 2025
curation: Hiroaki, Miyata, Yuko Hasegawa
production management: ArtTank （Etsuko Kodaira ＋ Toshio Kondo）