HOSE PROJECT 2000 in Gannosu Airport

1936, June, A fully operational civilian airport, "Gannosu-Airport" was constructed in FukuokaCity's East Ward.

The airport extended 60,000 square meters.It's runway ran 600 meters North to South. At the time it was the biggest international airport in the Orient and was fiequented by VIPs from home and abroad.

1937,――Japan goes to war.
As a result the airport was converted into a military one.
Then Japan entered the Pacific War and lost. It went all down in history.

After the war, Gannosu-Airport was used as an airbase by the U.S military until 1972 when airbase "BARD"was returned to Japan.

Along the urban development project, the Gannosu-Airport has been demolished at 2002.

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Performance:
2000.11.05 Gannosu, Higashi-ku Fukuoka, Japan

Exhibition:
2001.01.16 - 01.28 HAKU Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan
2001.05.20 - 05.27 Iris Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan

Collaborate with Makiko MOTOYAMA

Photo: Takefumi FUJIWARA
Movie: ―INDYS CAM― Tsuka, Ohmi KAMIMURA
Sound: Masumi KATOH
―Cream of the Stone― MACHA, TAKAYAMA
Special Thanks: Yuji KITAGAWA , Daijyu IKEDA,
Yasuyuki KOGA, Nemu SAITOH, Jay RECHSTEINER
Object: Kazuhide ISHII
Design: Naotake MATSUNAGA, Kohei UESAKA
Other creation: Yutaro NIKI 

2D work has been selected by:
2001. "8th Beppu Art Exhibition" Oita, Japan