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Field_B

2023
Book



Consisting of text and photographs, Field_B is a project that reflects the overwritten land by connecting a residential area in Chiba, the artist's hometown, to a Athletic field in Okinawa through fieldwork.

This work deals with military lands that exist throughout Japan. One circular radio transmitting station that once existed in Chiba Prefecture is now home to a park, apartments, a pharmacy, and a school. On the other hand, research on military lands resulted in to Athletic fields in faraway Okinawa. There, I learned that one of the means of restoring U.S. military lands to the hands of citizens was the proposed construction of baseball fields and athletic parks on U.S. military lands as “common-use" or "sharing" areas. Numerous playgrounds still exist today.

The role of the land is renewed as new facilities are built. But is this synonymous with the renewal of a place? This project shows the land has been presenting in a different form.



Published in 2023
Written in Japanese/Korean

Design: Eunji Lee
Translation Japanese into Korean: Yuki Konno
Support: Hiro Nakazato