Yugakutei Well Project, Kiinagashima, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
三重県、紀伊長島のゆうがく邸、井戸プロジェクト。

「私達は壁のない空だけがある公共の場で制作するのが好きです。
いろいろな人達を誘い、係わり合いながら、直観を使って制作します。
芸術は相互作用です。
私達の制作は地域社会の意識を広げ、将来のために公共の場を創造することです。

- ヒメナ・エルゲーラ ＆ スティーブン・ウォード
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"We prefer doing work in public spaces;
where there are no walls and only sky.
We work with collaborating our intuition
while we invite and involve various people to participate.
Art is interaction.
Our work is social, aimed at expanding the sense of community, and creating
common spaces for future opportunity."
- Ximena Elgueda & Steven Ward
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「山の広場」は自主制作による野外劇場制作プロジェクトです。愛知県知多半島の美浜町にある里山の懐に囲まれた自然豊かな環境で、劇場の舞台背景にあたる音響板の部分（高­さ３m、長さ１３m）を粘土で制作して焼成するという計画です。巨大な波や貝を想起さ­せる形をした音響板は、重さ約１５kgの粘土のブロックを少しづつ積み上げ、それを叩­きながら１つの塊に仕上げて行きました。２００４年８月１５日からこの作業を始め２０­０４年５月９日まで、６３３日かけて総重量6０tを超える大量の粘土を使用して完成さ­せました。
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The Mountain Plaza (or Yama No Hiroba in Japanese) is the title of a self-sponsored ceramic amphitheater project located in the mountains of Mihama, Chita Peninsula (central main island Honshu, Japan). Designed specifically for Mount Sato, this site-specific installation consists of a stage area approximately 4.4 m x 5 m (14.5 ft x 16.5 ft). The focus of this project is the acoustic shell, or back wall for the amphitheater, approximately 13 m x 3 m x 2 m (43 ft x 10 ft x 6.5 ft). The acoustic shell is made from 15 kg. (33 lb.) blocks of raw clay pounded into one massive form resembling a giant shell or wave. Clay blocks were pounded from August 15th, 2002 to May 9th, 2004. Totaling 60 plus tons of clay in 633 days.
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An interview with artists Ximena Elgueda and Steven Ward. Experience the process of site specific ceramic sculpture.

An interview with artists Ximena Elgueda and Steven Ward. Experience the process of site specific ceramic sculpture.