Human Abode: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 1, 1989. Realized at Fussa Minami Park and Kumagawa Shrine, Fussa, Tokyo, November 11, 1989, 2:40 p.m., 2 seconds. Gunpowder (2 kg) and fuse (2 m); hemp tent cloth, wax, twigs, feathers, and rope. Explosion area (size of yurt) 550 x 450 x 250 cm. Commissioned by 89 Tama River Fussa Outdoor Art Exhibition, November 3–19, 1989. Remnants in the collection of the artist (burnt yurt), New York [Ephemeral]
Photo by Wataru Kai, courtesy Cai Studio
Human Abode: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 1
1989
Kumagawa Shrine, Fussa, Tokyo, and Osaka Contemporary Art Center
Exploded tent (gunpowder on canvas)
550 x 450 x 250 cm
1989
Kumagawa Shrine, Fussa, Tokyo, and Osaka Contemporary Art Center
Exploded tent (gunpowder on canvas)
550 x 450 x 250 cm
Installation view at Osaka Contemporary Art Center, 1990.
Photo by Cai Guo-Qiang.