Sapporo2 Project

idea from Tomohiko Ogawa, landscape artist 2013年 02月 06日

Sapporo2project　shares the sprit of "TAGGING". Tomohiko Ogawa

タギング（tagging）とは街の彼方此方に散見されるスプレーペンキで描かれた落書きの一種で、特に個人や集団のマーク（目印）とされるものを描いて回る行為・またはそれによって描かれたモノである。米国はカリフォルニア州サンディエゴのインペリアルビーチから発祥した文化である。

idea from Thomas Schmall, Artist 2013年 02月 04日

The first is the tunnel idea. One could melt the snow, and let it become ice that forms a solid tunnel. Voles do it like that, when they make snow tunnels. So one could look at tricks of those animals - for example they make breathing tunnels from time to time. Then again, in spring they fall victim to melting pretty often... so maybe version two is safer with some frame that keeps the snow (and melting water) out.


Idea two is to find a deep pit, and throw the snow in there. There is a turbine at the top, so the gravity of the snow turns it, and creates some energy. ... even better: At the bottom it's hot because of the magma in your region. So the snow melts, becomes steam, and rotates the turbine again. Double energy!
It might not be as crazy as it seems. In Germany they're doing feasibility tests right now with storing water in old mine shafts. Their idea is to drop it when energy is needed, and then pump it up again when there is enough free energy in the grid.... but only because Germany doesn't have so much lava you see.

2013_Thomas Schmall, Artist, Germany, based in The Netherlands

Daily Documentation by Chaong Wen Ting, Artist 2013年 02月 04日

The snow of Sapporo are the result of humanity, they seem to be half organic, continuously growing over time. The significance of the snow extends from the center to the edge. The edge then becomes the center, forming a new edge. Due to its intricate structure, the history of a snow is constantly in transition. However, like an organism, snow also age, die, and are reborn. Because of the rapid rate of change, there is not enough time for the organism to create a new cell. Once the snow has become water vapor , it also becomes a statement on contemporary human landscape. Perhaps the landscape was influenced by migrations, whether natural or because of war. These snow transfiguration, both surreal and metaphysical, provide distinctive perspectives on culture.

Chaong Wen Ting

札幌の雪は、人類の営みの結果であり、有機的なようであり、時と共に増幅してゆくように思える。雪は中央から端へと影響を及ぼす。そしてその端が中央となり、また新しい端が形成される。雪はその複雑な構造を持つことから、常に変化を遂げる。しかし、雪は他の有機物と同じように、古くなり、死を迎え、生まれ変わる。新しい細胞を生み出す間もなく、激しく変わり続ける。雪は水分として蒸発してしまい、それは人間を取り囲む現代の情景を表している。その風景は、移民もしくは争いによってもたらされたものかもしれない。この雪の変貌は、超現実的でも抽象的でもあり、文化にひとつの特有な視点を与える。（日本語訳：橘匡子_2/7更新）

feb.4 morning 2013年 02月 04日

making snow slope for kids at nakajim park, just one day before Sapporo Snow Festival

feb.3, mid night 2013年 02月 04日

parking lot, south11west7