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The Performing City 2005
ITO HOUSE (2005) HOTEI, Konanchi, Japan
Ito House
Hotei Daibutsu
The Hotei Area is located in the North West side of
Nagoya, an area recently designated as a redevelopment site by a Government urban renewal program. The Old railway station, buildings and roads are being re-structured, as part of a modernization plan.
The Performing City is a site-specific project, which represented a ‘theatrical transformation’ from the old into the new.
The Performing City was intended to include the city of Nagoya's transformation as a part of an artwork; it was also designed to influence part of the development plan (a new plan for repairing a statue of Buddha's was proposed by the artist).
01 ITO HOUSE (2005) HOTEI, Konanchi, Japan
An old launderette was to be destroyed in order to provide a site for a modern building.
This installation was made just before the destruction of the launderette building.
02 HOTEI DAIBUTSU (Hotei Buddha's Statue) (2005) HOTEI, Konanchi, Japan
The
statue of Buddha in Hotei, was built by a craftsman after the Second World War. Since then it has become a landmark of the Hotei area. The plan of repairing and coloring the statue of Buddha, was proposed by the artist to a landlord and an architectural company. The artist received agreement and sponsorship to proceed with the repair work. As part of the project the statue was covered with a dust sheet during the repair work. This sheet acted as a theatrical device, that both drew attention to and partially obscured the statue.
When: 2005.9.17-2005.10.16
Where: Site 1: ITO House, Hotei-cho, Konan, Aichi, Japan
Site 2: HOTEI DAIBUTSU (Statue of Buddha), Hotei-cho, Konan, Aichi, Japan
Document exhibition : +Gallery, Hotei-Cho, Konan, Aichi, Japan
Directed by: Young In Hong
Organized by: + Gallery
Scaffolding construction: Mikunidoboku Company
Video recording & Editing: Takahashi Nobuyuki
Photographed by: Ito Tetsuo
Sponsored by: Korean Culture & Arts Foundation, MARUSIS, Mikunidoboku Company
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