Chiharu Shiota, Web of Time , 2020 Chiharu Shiota Web of Time, 2020 Toi Art, Levels 4 & 5 Te Papa, Wellington. Photos above by Isaac du Toit This contemporary installation artwork by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota made me feel like I was stepping into another world. It is a very atmospheric artwork with light shining down through the artwork creating patterns on the floor. Numbers float within the mess of criss-crossing pieces of string. When you walk through the tunnel you feel like you’ve just stepped into a worm-hole or some kind of time-tunnel. It feels like you are in the middle of a galaxy. I feel drawn into the artwork on all the occasions I have visited Te Papa since this exhibit was installed in 2020. I like that even on the bridge connecting the lift to the Toi Art gallery space on Level 5 you still feel like you are being transported through the exhibit, from a higher vantage point, to the collection of older paintings exhibited at the far end against a red wall. Thi