Kazuhiko Hachiya Open Sky 2013-2018

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"Open Sky" is a project started by media artist Kazuhiko Hachiya in 2003 to "create an actual Möhve (the flying device from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)." After the basic design of the aircraft, the production of an experimental model, and low-altitude test flights, flight tests of a jet-engine-equipped model began in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture in 2013.

The location was then moved to Hokkaido, where repeated flights were made through various trial and error, and test flights were conducted again in Noda City in 2018.

This book traces those five years of history with photographs of the vast sky.

[Artist Profile]
Kazuhiko Hachiya
Media artist.
Born on April 18, 1966 (Invention Day).
Graduated from Kyushu Institute of Design (now Kyushu University Faculty of Design). After working for a consulting company, he founded PetWORKs Inc.
His works include communication tools such as the Audiovisual Exchange Machine and PostPet, a jet-powered skateboard called the Airboard, and a personal flight system called Open Sky. His works are often functional devices. Since the 3/11 earthquake, he has also been involved in science communication activities such as Geiger Counter Meetings.
Associate Professor, Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Product Information

release date 2018年8月11日

Part numberGART11642J-2510000120939

Specification Softcover saddle stitching / A4 / Color / 40 pages / Japanese

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