PRESS RELEASEFebruary 17, 2020

“DEEP JAPAN” to be held at KIX- Exhibition of artworks featuring Seto Island Sea Kansai Airports announced that DEEP JAPAN, an exhibition of media arts highlighting the Seto
Island Sea, is on display along the north and south international arrival paths in Terminal 1 atKansai International Airport (KIX) from February 16 to March 31, 2020. The exhibition isorganized as part of a project*1 of the Agency for Cultural Affairs with the cooperation ofSETOUCHI DMO, Ishikawa Foundation, West Japan Railway Company and Kansai Airports.
Through the DEEP JAPAN displays, which are expected to create a special atmosphere in theterminal, KIX aims to gain wider recognition as a gateway to the Setouchi region as well as tobring more visitors to the region and foster interest in Japanese culture.
During the exhibition period, Akiko Nakayama’s Uzushiozu and Rhizomatiks Research Daito
Manabe’s phase will be displayed along the north and south arrival paths, respectively, both ofwhich have been arranged by producer Naohiro Ukawa. The Uzushiozu is a new “Alive Painting”
inspired by Naruto whirlpools, while the phase is a data visualization work using the data of the
Seto Inland Sea’s waves and international flight arrival time.
Artworks (north & south international arrival areas)

Rhizomatiks Research Daito Manabe’s phase (south arrival path)

Akiko Nakayama’s Uzushiozu (north arrival path)

Meanwhile, media arts representing the Setouchi region will also be presented in the JR Kansai
Airport Station from early March. Showcasing the cutting-edge media arts, the train station will
convey the beauty and charms of Japanese culture to a number of tourists arriving at KIX.
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■Outline of DEEP JAPAN (phase 1)
Date:

Sunday, February 16 to Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Location:

North & South International Arrival Areas, KIX Terminal 1

Artists:

Daito Manabe, Akiko Nakayama

Creative producer: Naohiro Ukawa
Cooperation: SETOUCHI DMO, Ishikawa Foundation, West Japan Railway Company
Organizer:

Agency for Cultural Affairs■Artist: Daito Manabe
Tokyo-based

artist,interaction

designer,

programmerandDJ.

Launched

Rhizomatiks in 2006. Since 2015, has served alongside Motoi Ishibashi as codirector of Rhizomatiks Research, the firm’s division dedicated to exploring new
possibilities in the realms of technical and artistic expression with a focus on R&Dintensive projects. Manabe’s work in design, art, and entertainment takes a new
approach to everyday materials and phenomenon. However, his end goal is not
simply rich, high-definition realism by recognizing and recombining these familiar
elemental building blocks. Rather, his practice is informed by careful observation to
discover and elucidate the essential potentialities inherent to the human body, data, programming, computers, and otherphenomena, thus probing the interrelationships and boundaries delineating the analog and digital, real and virtual.

■Artist: Akiko Nakayama
Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University with a BA in Fine Arts in 2012 and an MA in
Fine Arts in 2014. A painter who brings life to paintings, blending various materials
and capturing the energy of colors and fluidity. Her live painting performances
include constantly changing “Alive Painting” as well as “Still Life” in which she
visualizes the process of filtering leftover liquid paint used for “Alive Painting.”
Combining various media and colors, her ever-changing paintings are likeimprovisational poems. Viewers may see creatures, nature or themselves in her
poetic artworks.

■Creative producer: Naohiro Ukawa (DOMMUNE)
Born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, in 1968. Identifies as a “current” artist, instead of acontemporary artist. As a filmmaker, graphic designer, VJ, writer, university professor, hehas engaged in a wide range of extremely diverse activities since the late eighties. Since
participating in the “Buzz Club: News from Japan” (MoMA PS1, New York) and “JAM:
Tokyo-London” (Barbican Art Gallary, London) in 2001, his work has been featured inexhibitions around the world.

*1

Japanese cultural media arts dissemination initiative in airports and other institutions

As part of the project called “Japanese cultural media arts dissemination initiative in airports and other institutions,” the Agency
for Cultural Affairs is hosting the “Japan Media Arts Distributed Museum” at about ten airports and other places across thecountry. In the project, artists and creators capture rich cultural resources of regional areas through their fresh perspectives anddisplay them at airports and other gateways to the regions. The exhibited media arts showcase the charms of Japanese culture
to foreign visitors.

Website of the project: https://jmadm.jp/
Website of the Agency for Cultural Affairs: https://www.bunka.go.jp/

Kansai Airports was established by a consortium made up of VINCI Airports and ORIX Corporation as its coremembers. Kansai Airports took over the operations of Kansai International Airport (“KIX”) and Osaka
International Airport (“ITAMI”) from New Kansai International Airport Company (“NKIAC”) and has been
operating the two airports since April 1, 2016.
Kansai Airports Kobe, Kansai Airports’ wholly-owned subsidiary, took over the operations of Kobe Airport(“KOBE”) from Kobe City and started its business as an operating company on April 1, 2018.
Under the concept of “One Kansai Airports Group”, Kansai Airports group strives to continuously improve its
services for all airport guests through appropriate investments and efficient operations, with safety and security
being the top priority. Kansai Airports group aims to maximize the potential of the three airports, for the benefitof the communities they serve.
For more information, please visit：http://www.kansai-airports.co.jp/en/

Kansai Airports
Location

1-banchi, Senshu-kuko kita, Izumisanoshi, Osaka

Shareholders

ORIX 40%,VINCI Airports 40%,
Other investors 20%1

Company
Representatives

Representative Director and CEO: Yoshiyuki Yamaya
Representative Director and Co-CEO: Benoit Rulleau

Business Scope

Operation and management services, etc. of Kansai International Airport and Osaka
International Airport

Kansai Airports Kobe
Location

1-ban, Kobe-kuko, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi,
Hyogo

Shareholder

Company
Representatives

Representative Director and CEO: Yoshiyuki Yamaya
Representative Director and Co-CEO: Benoit Rulleau

Business ScopeOperation and management services, etc. of Kobe Airport

Kansai Airports 100％

ORIX Corporation (TSE: 8591; NYSE: IX) is an opportunistic, diversified, innovation-driven global powerhousewith a proven track record of profitability. Established in 1964, ORIX at present operates a diverse portfolio ofbusinesses in the operations, financial services, and investment spaces. ORIX’s highly complementary businessactivities span industries including: energy, private equity, infrastructure, automotive, ship and aircraft, realestate and retail financial services. ORIX has also spread its business globally by establishing locations in a totalof 37 countries and regions across the world. Through its business activities, ORIX has long been committed tocorporate citizenship and environmental sustainability. For more details, please visit our website:
http://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/

VINCI Airports, as the leading private airport operator in the world, manages the development and operation of45 airports located in Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, France, Japan, Portugal,Serbia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Served by more than 250 airlines, VINCI Airports'
network handled 255 million passengers in 2019. Through its expertise as a comprehensive integrator, VINCIAirports develops, finances, builds and operates airports, leveraging its investment capability, international
network and know-how to optimise the management and performance of airports and to carry out airport
expansions and upgrades. In 2019, its annual revenue for managed activities amounted to €4.9 billion, for aconsolidated revenue of €2.6 billion.
More comprehensive information is available on www.vinci-airports.com
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Company; Mizuho Bank, Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited; MUFG Bank, Ltd.; Resona Bank, Limited; and the Private Finance Initiative Promotion Corporation ofJapan.