ARCUS Project 2011 IBARAKI
By Olivier Krischer
Arcus Project is Japan’s longest running international artist-in-residence program, active since 1994, located in a repurposed school in the city of Moriya, Ibaraki Prefecture. Artists are invited to spend time on location, developing work which responds to and communicates with the local community and environment, culminating in a weekend-long “Open Studio” event.
Since the earthquake of March 11, 2011 however, Moriya also has the distinction of being a radiation “hot spot,” having registered higher than average levels—higher than some areas geographically closer to the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactors further north.
