BOSTON, MA.- The art of Taro Shinoda engages themes of science, philosophy, and desire, and investigates our place in the universe. During his month-long residency in Boston in the spring of 2007, Shinoda was inspired by the moonlight in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum courtyard to develop his Lunar Reflection Transmission Technique. The seed for the project was rooted in the artist's early childhood memories of trying to communicate with his mother over great distances, entrusting messages to the moon, which he hoped his mother could receive on the other side of the planet when the moon rose for her. Taro Shinoda returns to the Gardner Museum this fall to present “Taro Shinoda: Lunar Reflections,” a new body of work on view November 5, 2009 through January 31, 2010. The exhibition will include film shots from Tokyo, Istanbul, and Limerick, in addition to Boston, a sound installation, and an engawa—a Japanese viewing platform t