Inside Lens S2017E24 - Deep Flowers II

Deep Flowers II features floral artist Azuma Makoto, and is the sequel to Deep Flowers broadcast in June 2017 on NHK World. This time, we witness the artist at work during the making of two of his most radical exhibits. In the deserts of southwestern United States, Makoto showcases a floral arrangement sent aloft 30,000 meters into the stratosphere. A few months later off the coast of Japan, he plunges a bonsai and a bouquet together into the deepest ocean on Earth. Through these installations, the artist expresses the idea that the ephemeral beauty of flowers is as powerful as the lasting harshness of the environment. These projects were rife with technical challenges and took months to achieve. We also follow Makoto to India with his Kibou project, in which he randomly hands out free floral bouquets to people on the streets in exchange for nothing more than a smile.