In this paper, various contemporary artistic activities to reconnect the relation between environment and human are studied, and their attempts to present a new vision and a model for environmental issues beyond national and ethnical boundaries are discussed. To begin with, latest situation and the artistic intervention for this issues are summarized. Consequently, the work of pioneering ecological artists, Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, who have been collaborating since late 1960 s for their subject of the diversity , sustainability and indispensable ethic is studied. Their huge scale project "Peninsula Europe" which proposes a future vision of the natural and cultural landscape in Europe, as well as other projects such as "Green Heart Vision" and "Future Garden" are analyzed. Through the above discussion and analysis of their creating procedure, the possibility to open up dialogues among people about the perception of nature and environment is examined. Harrisons' icon and metaphor based on the real environment are applied to create a network system and common ethic for the issues through the dialogue, participation and shared memory. According to their activities, finally, a possibility of artistic intervention to present a common vision for the public interests is studied.

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HINOMI-YAGURA (Japanese Fire Towers) was constructed in the 20s to 40s of SHOWA era at all over regions of Japan. But it has been decrease in recent years. HINOMI-YAGURA has the possibility as landscaping resources. That is often located at the center of community, and that has characteristic design on the top of the tower. Therefore, that is the regional landmark. This study make clear the present remaining of HINOMI-YAGURA in Shizuoka prefecture. And study about possibility of its environmental design as community of property. In Shizuoka prefecture, about 1000 HINOMI-YAGURA remains. These were considered from location, the landscape, and the form-feature. Each HINOMI-YAGURA has a unique design. Those were formed by 2 design levels : types and its variations. The possibility of HINOMI-YAGURA as environmental design bequeath as follows. 1) From its large amount, environmental history of small community. 2) From its diversity, what is a correspondence of the uniqueness to the environment.

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This paper analyzes how street objects in the urban landscape contribute to attractive cityscape. We picked up Kobe Harborland area as a case study. As a result of the research, we found that many objectsion the area do not belong to the formerly known categories. Moreover, it is interesting to seethe fact that public artwork which used to be considered as the typical of high culture change its character and the role in the cityscape when installed with other shopping mall display objects which has typical characteristics of subculture. In conclusion, different types of street objects in theurban landscape in Kobe Harborland contribute urban attraction with their uncategorizable characters andequal value.

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As economy spiraled down in the late 90s in Japan, public art craze that have installed a great number of sculptures in the public places has quickly disappeared. Some of the reasons why public craze have gone are, however, based on the lack of the consideration of the public interest besides the economic reason. In the United States or in Europe, new kind of public art emerged in late 1980s. These artworks did not follow the form of existing so-called public art that are mostly sculptures installed in the public places. This paper analyses these public artworks, which are often called as "New Genre Public Art," to rectify the problems of public art in Japan today.

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This paper describes how to use bubbles and sound as new media for the new artistic expression by introductions of interactive art works titled <<Water Canvas with Ears>> and <<Liquid Sculpture>>. These works were made by the collaborating project of University of Tokyo and Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music for the term of 2001 to 2002. Both of the works use the motion of bubbles, a natural phenomenon, effectively to show the visual information and use sound for the elements of expression at the same time. We use the computer to control the works by which we could create the interactive environment between the audience and the works. <<Water Canvas with Ears>> creates a two-dimensional visual patterns formed by bubbles in the flat type water tank. The audience controls it by using the keyboard device connected or sound input. <<Liquid Sculpture>> creates a three-dimensional visual shapes formed by bubbles in the cylinder water tank. It also creates spatial sound design corresponding with the motion of bubbles by the several audio speakers. The gesture of the audience detected by sensors is used for the interaction. The audience experiences audio-visual effects in this original and complex environment constructed by bubbles and sound.

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I planned the program of 2 kinds of "environmental art workshops" from 2000 to 2001 years. The names of the program which I planned are " The animal sculpture of the wood " and "Let's build an egg and a nest." A "the animal sculpture of the wood " program was enforced in Awaji, Kobe, Tajima. A "Let's build an egg and a nest." program was enforced in Awaji. Every time, I did an instructor. This paper is the report of "the environmental art workshop" which I planned. This paper is composed of four chapters of "the outline of two programs" "the characteristic of the program" "the report of four practice" "conclusion". The contents of the first chapter are the explanations of "the project main point and the production process" of the program. The contents of the second chapter are the explanations of "the character which is common to two programs". The contents of the third chapter are the reports of the data on four practices. The contents of the last chapter are "the effect of the program which I think about and possibility Various workshops are carried out in each place recently. I hope that this paper is useful for the develop- ment of "the environmental art" and "the workshop".

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