Invited Artists:
Shigeaki Iwai, Ingo Gunter, Wolfgang Winter & Berthold Horbelt, Yoko Ono, Casagrande & Rintala, Tadashi Kawamata, Kim Sooja, Cai Guo Qiang, Cine Nomad, nIALL/Nasato Nakamura, Kenta Kishi, and Haruaki Tanaka

13 July - 23 September 2002

Location: Obihiro Racetrack and Obihiro City

Demeter was an international contemporary art exhibition held with the Obihiro Racetrack as its main venue, to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the municipal administration of Obihiro City in Hokkaido. Artists made visits to Obihiro to dig up the memories buried there, read the characteristics of the place, and create works of art that would only exist in that place. The Obihiro Racetrack was built as a track for racing draft horses pulling sleds through an obstacle course. This kind of racing is called 'banei', a type of horse race that exists only in Hokkaido. The artists created installations within the horse stables, each of which are about 40 metres long, on the actual racetrack, and within the city of Obihiro.

As a related event, many artists in Hokkaido participated by exhibiting their works in city parks and commercial areas.

Organized by: Obihiro City, Obihiro Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tokachi Mainichi Newspaper
Curatorial Direction and Production: Takashi Serizawa, P3 art and environment

http://www.demeter.jp/