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Kencho-mae Station – Chiba Urban Monorai

Ichibacho/Inohana area

On June 27, 2001, Chiba Monorail received a Guinness World Record for having the longest operating distance (15.2 km) of any suspended monorail in the world .

Officially, it is registered as “the longest suspended monorail train system in the world, at 15.2 km.” There are two types of monorails: suspended and straddle-type. With the extension in August 1995 (between Chiba and Chiba Minato), the operating distance was increased to 13.5 km, surpassing the monorail in Wuppertal, Germany (operating distance 13.3 km) to become the longest suspended monorail in the world. (From the official website)

※Available for viewing only during the exhibition period.


Address: 1-7 Choshu, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba
Access
【Rail】From Chiba Station on the Chiba Urban Monorail, take the train to the terminal station “Kencho-mae (Pref.Office)  Station”
【Bus】Get off at “Kencho-mae” stop, 1-minute walk
Stopping Routes (Departing from JR Chiba Station East Exit)
・ Platform 2: Keisei Bus Chiba East bound for “Omiya Danchi via Kamatori Station, Hanawa, Hoshikukidai”

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Parallel World

Ichibacho/Inohana area
This project is an installation themed “Daily Bugs” based on visual experience. At Kencho-Mae station, a terminal station of Chiba Urban Monorail, there is an unused platform – because the extension of the station was given up during the peak period due to various problems. Assuming that empty space like this is a place which exists in parallel with the real world, she will restructure it in the form of an installation. Viewers will find the “real-world defects” hidden in space where they don’t usually see, and are given an opportunity to question their own perception of urban areas. The work creates a world where people are waiting for monorail which is not supposed to come on the unused platform. These people are real citizens recruited beforehand and we will shoot images of them actually standing on the platform. Making humans that exist in the real world a motif would be a trigger to imply another world border – a parallel world. The work gives viewers a trick of eliminating the existence of humans from a certain angle using the structure of lenticular panels which changes images by angle. It provides a new light on the socially impractical architectural space and the issue of urban decay caused by the existence of intact space. This project aims to reconnect urban areas and memories by giving users and visitors of the place an extraordinary experience mixed in daily life. [Types of citizen involvement] Exhibition viewing, Participation as a subject
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