Takuji Kogo / Japan
The Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art. Malmö Sweden 2005
U.S Military Bases in Okinawa, We sell, We buy.
Soundtrack /AFN: American Forces Network in 2003 Okinawa Japan
Songs / Exterior sound installation
Lyrics
Songs rooseum.pdf
Swedish Gentleman
Takuji Kogo + John MillerLyrics taken from a personal ad in a local newspaper in Sweden.
Video footage from the urban research project conducted at the Rooseum.
Jakriborg is a gated residential housing estate designed in a style characteristic of a medieval town. It is situated between Malmö and Lund and was constructed in the late 1990s.
A *CANDY FACTORY PROJECT / SONGS
TAKUJI KOGO
Akiyoshidai International Art Village Yamaguchi Japan
2005/2006
A *CANDY FACTORY PROJECT / SONGS
Akiyoshidai International Art Village Yamaguchi Japan 2005
The sound installation outside of the huge institutional space situated in the forest of Akiyoshidai.
It re-advertises personal ads, junk e-mails, propaganda, and national anthems.
A *CANDY FACTORY PROJECT / SONGS II
Akiyoshidai International Art Village Yamaguchi Japan 2006
LIBRINO リブリーノ
SINCE 1970 : KENZO TANGE ASSOCIATES CATANIA CITY ITALY
Interview with habitants at Librino from the TV program "Il Dito" Librino e il problema casa 14 Jan. 2005 dubbed in Japanese. Librino New Town Project is a city plan which was never fully completed. Situated in the second largest city in Sicily Catania. Designed by the Japanese Architect Kenzo Tange from 1970 to 1972
Federico Baronello + Takuji Kogo
Kitakyushu Biennial 2007 Cute or Creepy
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art 2006
Akiyoshidai International Art Village Yamaguchi Japan 2006
also known as American Street. It's only about 400 meters long situated in front of the U.S Marine Corps Iwakuni Air Station at Iwakuni city Yamaguchi prefecture. U.S Marine Corps Iwakuni Air Station will soon be a largest U.S military base in the mainland in Japan. The current acreage is 575 ha. The area is expected to expand to 790 ha in the next few years. The Japanese government has been conducting a 160 billion yen land reclamation project for 215 ha since 1997. The local government has also subsidized many of the City's facilities such as roads and the new city hall. The economy in the city is largely sustained by these constructions. Each house near the base has been provided with soundproofing and air-conditioning for the noise pollution from military training. The base expanded through the Korean War to the Vietnam War and the red light district has been developing around the road ever since. In 1955, 2500 prostitutes for American soldiers called "Only" were working there. Many of the sex crimes by US marines have been taking place around this street. 11 murder cases by U.S soldiers since 1955 which include vicious crimes such as : a woman who was raped and murdered using a screwdriver and a hammer in her abdomen. Another abandoned dead body was found with breasts and genital organs cut. However compared to similar murder cases by U.S soldiers in Okinawa or South Korea, these particular crimes were never reported by the main media in Japan.
| ◀︎ 2004 Toronto, Stockholm, Kitakyushu, Singapore, Seoul, NY | ▶︎ 2006 Cute Or Creepy? |