Bridge for All

Kawamata Tadashi and Sendai in Progress: From memorial and prayer to Densho, and beyond

Running between the estuaries of the Kyu-Kitakami River (former Kitakami River) and the Abukuma River, the Teizan Canal is Japan’s longest canal, and was built in a 327-year project that commenced in 1557. In August 2022, a temporary  …

by ODAWARA Nodoka, Sculptor, critic, head of publishing company

Working toward the Production of Bridge for All        

Led by Kawamata, the production team and students from France made their first Shinhama site visit. Working toward to the production of Bridge for All, they investigated the Teizan Canal, engaged in exchanges with local residents, and held  …

Sendai in Progress Commences  

For his new project, Sendai in Progress, Kawamata is working with the Teizan Canal, a waterway that runs along the coast in Sendai’s east, in an area whose villages and farmland were destroyed by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan E …