Niigata 水の記憶プロジェクト

DSC06906.gif 2009年 新潟県新潟市にて         2010年 イベントを開催しました。     2012年 LIFE worksを再展示しました。 2015年 Niigata水の記憶マップを更新、再展示しました。

LIFE works+みどりの部屋プロジェクト

DSC04451.gif 2006年〜2009年 十日町市仙納集落にて

銀座フロッタージュ計画

p.g-top.jpg 2007年 東京・銀座にて

北船場投影図

p.k-top.jpg 2007年 大阪・北船場にて

店プロジェクト

p.u-top.jpg 2006年 山口県宇部市にて

The Niigata Water Memory Project explores the deep relationship between communities and the waterways that shape their daily lives. Through artistic documentation and presentation, this project captures how rivers, canals, and water systems have influenced the development of local culture and identity in the Niigata region. By gathering stories, photographs, and physical impressions from the landscape, the project creates a layered record of how water has flowed through both the geography and the collective memory of the area. This work invites viewers to consider their own connections to water and how these invisible threads tie communities together across generations.

The Green Room Project represents a long-term artistic engagement with rural life in the Tokamachi region of Niigata. This initiative focuses on the relationship between people and their natural surroundings, particularly in aging agricultural communities. Through workshops, installations, and collaborative activities, the project creates spaces where residents and visitors can reflect on the changing face of rural Japan. The project name evokes the idea of nature as a living room, a familiar space where daily life and artistic practice can merge. It encourages participants to see the beauty and value in the landscapes they inhabit.

The Ginza Frottage Project took art into the heart of Tokyo's most famous shopping district, using the technique of frottage to capture the textures of the urban environment. By rubbing paper over surfaces such as manhole covers, pavement, building facades, and street furniture, the project created a tactile archive of the city's physical character. These surface impressions reveal the accumulated history of a place that is constantly being rebuilt and renewed. The project highlights how even the most ordinary urban elements carry stories of use, wear, and time, transforming overlooked details into meaningful artistic documents.

The Kitahama Projection Map project translated the urban landscape of Osaka's Kitahama district into a new visual language. This area, known for its blend of historic architecture and modern business life, provided rich material for artistic reinterpretation. By projecting and mapping the spatial relationships of the neighborhood, the work reveals hidden patterns in how people move through and interact with the city. The project invites viewers to see familiar streets and buildings anew, uncovering the rhythms and structures that define urban experience. It continues the artist's broader interest in how places hold and transmit memory.

The Mise Project in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, took an intimate approach to community engagement by working with local storefronts and small businesses. These commercial spaces often serve as informal community centers where daily interactions build social bonds. By integrating artistic elements into these existing gathering places, the project created opportunities for unexpected encounters between art and everyday life. The work reflects on how small shops anchor neighborhoods and preserve local character in the face of broader economic changes. It demonstrates how art can strengthen community ties by honoring the spaces where people already connect naturally.