The Horizon from the Pan-Pacific: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 14, 1994. Realized at the Pacific Ocean, off shore from Numanouchi to Yotsukura Beach, Iwaki, March 7, 1994, 6:38 p.m., 1 minute and 40 seconds. Six gunpowder fuses (5,000 m each), rope, vinyl sheets, three boats, and base ship. Total length: 30,000 m. Commissioned by Iwaki City Art Museum [Ephemeral]
Photo by Kazuo Ono, courtesy Cai Studio
1994
Iwaki City Art Museum
Excavated fishing boat, salt (9 tons), plastic wrap, styrofoam, and fish
Installation dimensions variable. Boat: 500 x 550 x 1,350 cm
City of Iwaki
Installation view at Iwaki City Art Museum, 1994.
Photo by Kazuo Ono, courtesy Cai Studio.
1994
Iwaki City Art Museum
Salvaged wood from a sunken boat
Installation dimensions variable
Recreation not possible. Documentation: Courtesy the artist
Installation view at Iwaki City Art Museum, 1994.
Photo by Kazuo Ono, courtesy Cai Studio.
1994
Gunpowder on paper
400 x 900 cm
Iwaki City Art Museum
Installation view at Iwaki City Art Museum, 1994.
Photo by Kazuo Ono, courtesy Cai Studio.
1994
Pacific Ocean fish, cooler, dry ice, three barges, bouy, electric fan, and hot plate
Installation dimensions variable
[Artwork Not Extant]
Installation view at Iwaki City Art Museum, 1994.
Photo by Masanobu Moriyama, courtesy Cai Studio.
1994
Iwaki City Art Museum
Mixed media
Cai Guo-Qiang’s artist studio during his residency in Iwaki, 1994.
Photo by Cai Guo-Qiang, courtesy Cai Studio.
1994
Notes, instructions, and sketches on paper
Installation dimensions variable
Iwaki City Art Museum
Installation view at Iwaki City Art Museum, 1994.
Photo by Cai Guo-Qiang and Kazuo Ono.
1994
Japanese rice paper, electricity, satellite photo, and chair
Installation dimensions variable
Photo courtesy Cai Studio.
1994
White chrysanthemums, soil from chrysanthemum garden, trees, and charcoal
Installation dimensions variable
Photo courtesy Cai Studio.
1994
Iwaki City Art Museum
Raw ore of crystal (1 ton)
Photo courtesy Cai Studio.
1994
Iwaki City Art Museum
Flashlight, corrugated cardboard, chair, glass
Photo by Kazuo Ono.