Kawamata TadashiSendai in Progress

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SENDAI IN PROGRESS

Sendai in Progress is a long-term project by artist Tadashi Kawamata. The project is unfolding in several suburbs along the Sendai coast that were devastated by the tsunami that accompanied the Great East Japan Earthquake. Shifting locations, the project engages issues presented by the local area. 

 

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2024

Idohama Terrace, Ido in Ido (Ido’s Well)

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2023

Idohama Pergola, Table, Bench

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2022

Floating Bridge（temporary）

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2022

Shinhama Tower

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2020

Wood Path for All 2020

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2019

Wood Path for All 2019

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2018

Boat for All

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2017-

Bridge for All

( Research )

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RELATED PROJECTS

2021 -

Production in Satohama

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LOCATION

TIMELINE

2030

Project Termination

2022 

2022.02.01
Remotely directed production of Shinhama Tower (until March 31st) @ Teizan Canal
2022.04.01
Establishment of Coastal Areas Revitalization Planning Office
2022.02.17
Sendai In Progress Report Exhibition @ smt (until July 31st)

2021 

2021.07
Establishment of Ido Town Development Promotion Committee
2021.11.20
Walking Tour of Small Buildings event (until Nov. 21st) held regularly hereafter
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LITERATURE

The Beginning of Sendai in Progress

In 2016, when I was exhibiting a work called Under the Water at the Centre Pompidou-Metz in France, I was approached by someone from sendai mediatheque about doing a project in Sendai. The installation Under the Water came into being from i …

by KAWAMATA Tadashi
Essays

Slippages and Gaps

In a nutshell, the concept of a modern bridge is to erase its own existence. An ideal bridge is one that does not make you feel as though you are on a bridge when you drive over in a car. It is simply “an extension of the road.” (Bridges an …

by KAI Kenji, Artistic Director, sendai mediatheque
Essays

Floating Bridge (temporary) Spans the Canal

People had been looking forward to the production of a work with the function of a bridge for a long time, however, a range of factors made the production of a permanent bridge difficult, so a temporary bridge was created instead. Because o …
Reports
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