百島工房｜Momoshima Hyper Factory

「乙1731 -GOEMON HOUSE」を改修する職人集団
代表・田中秀雄は1976年広島生まれ。2017年に百島工房を立ち上げる。父、祖父が百島出身という縁で４年前に家族と移住。諸事情で財産が一万六千円となってしまい、移住翌日から仕事をスタートする。現在は島内を専門に建築業を行う。このアートハウス・プロジェクトの最初期から関わり、アートベースのディレクター・柳幸典と百島の未来を思索しながら、電工のエレキテル☆ヨシキ、木工のタケシャンティ、鉄工のストロベリー西田など島内在住の職人を集め改修に尽力する。職人業と並行して移住希望者のための情報発信の拡大を目指し、来年には島内初の居酒屋をオープン予定。また、今回展示予定の柳幸典の新作は、百島から太平洋戦争に出兵し生き残った兵士の守り刀を田中が譲り受けた事がきっかけとなっている。

Craftworkers group which works on the conversion of Otsu 1731- GOEMON HOUSE.
Momoshima Hyper Factory is lead by Hideo Tanaka who was born in Hiroshima in 1976. In 2014, Tanaka moved with his family to Momoshima, where his grandfather was born. At the time of the move, for several reasons, Tanaka had only 16,000 Yen in his pocket, which made him start working on the island the next day. Later in 2017, he launched Momoshima Hyper Factory, specializing in construction work on the island. Tanaka has been involved in the conversion project of the house from the earliest stage, and brought in Momoshima residents and specialists, Elekiter☆Yoshiki, an electrician, TAKE-Shanti, a woodworker, and Strawberry Nishida, an ironworker, while contemplating the island’s future with Yukinori Yanagi, the director of Art Base Momoshima. Tanaka will open Momoshima’s first Izakaya-tavern next year, a place he hopes will serve as an information center for people interested in moving to the island. A new work by Yukinori Yanagi in the exhibition is inspired by the story of a protection sword that Tanaka was given from a resident of Momoshima, who was a soldier and survivor of World War II.