Kazuhiko Hachiya “OpenSky 3.0 – Creating the Aircraft of Dreams”

OpenSky Project, Implementing Jet Engine and Finally Reaching the Sky

The world of today has largely realized the future imaginations of people living 100 years ago, with our technology filled lives of mobile phones, computers, flat screen monitors, personal cars etc. However there is still something which has not been fully realized, and that is the "personal flying machine". And with the easy air of "if it doesn't exist why not make one?" Kazuhiko Hachiya has over the past few years strived to develop his own personal flying device. This summer 3331 Arts Chiyoda presents two of these experimental aircrafts produced by Hachiya as part of the OpenSky project, including the glider model M-02 completed in 2006 and the jet engine plane M-02J soon to be undergoing test flights. As seen from the Nico Nico gijutsu-bu and Make movement a serious drive towards DIY is increasingly gripping us all, and so this summer you can encounter the dream of making your own aircraft at 3331 Arts Chiyoda.
Throughout the exhibition period a whole series of talks and workshops centering around the sky and space will be held, along with other events, perfect for parents and children to join during the summer holiday. Furthermore OpenSky will be accompanied by an exhibition of the "Summer Rocket Team" and their independent DIY rocket project.

■OUTLINE
□ Title：Kazuhiko Hachiya "OpenSky 3.0 - Creating the Aircraft of Dreams"
□ Date：13th July (Sat) - 16th September(Mon/Public Holiday) 2013
12:00-19:00（final entry 18:30）
□ Closed on：Tuesdays and between 13th-16th August for the Summer holiday
□ Venue：3331 Arts Chiyoda Main Gallery
□ Admission：Adults \500, University/High School Students \300, Junior High School Students and below free
□ Organizers：3331 Arts Chiyoda　 □Approved by：Chiyoda Ward　 □Sponsor：ArcheAge　 □ Special Support： Otona no Kagaku Magazine
□ Support：PetWorks、Mujin-to Production Co.,Ltd., Summer Rocket Team, SNS Inc, Interstellar Technologies Co., Uematsu Electric Co. Ltd., SEKIGUCHI co., LTD, Olympos Co., 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
□ Official URL：http://hachiya.3331.jp


■Artist Profile　Kazuhiko Hachiya



"Inventive" artist, born on 18th April 1966, The Invention Day.
He graduated from the Kyushu Institute of Design and after working in consulting companies went on to establish his own company PetWORKs. Hachiya is well known for his creative communication tools such as "Inter Dis-communication Machine" and 'PostPet', along with self-made vehicles including jet engine powered 'AirBoard' and the personal flight system 'OpenSky'. Since the disaster of 3.11 Hachiya has taken on initiatives such as the "Geiger Counter Meeting" and various engagements in science communication. He has also been assistant professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, Intermedia Art Department since October 2010.

■Exhibited Works
□ M-02J（artist's collection）



The latest single-manned aircraft in the OpenSky series with onboard jet engine. 2013 saw the start of test flights with this model piloted by Hachiya himself.
Full length：3,130mm／Full width：9,636mm
Full height：1,315mm／Weight：88kg

□ M-02（21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Collection）



A single manned glider the same size as M-02J. This model depends on heavy-duty rubber to allow for gliding and has already been put to numerous test flights.
Full length：3,130mm／Full width：9,636mm
Full height：1,315mm／Weight：66kg

□ M-02J Flight Simulator ＊Weight restrictions apply



（21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Collection）
A flight simulator based on the model of M-02J, with a life-size replica of its main body which can be mounted to encounter the experience of freely flying.

□ M-02 Video Simulator ＊Weight restrictions apply （Artist's collection）　



A video simulator utilizing the footage recorded from the perspective of the pilot, giving a feeling of being at the plane's helm oneself.

10 years have passed since the initiation of the OpenSky project in 2003, challenging towards a personal jet engine flying device. This exhibition follows the various developments in this innovative experiment with video footage, photo documents and other related works.

■ Concurrent Exhibition "Go! Summer Rocket Team"



An exhibition by the "Summer Rocket Team", a group of people transcending their professions and experience in aiming to reach space. Since beginning their activities in 2006, members of the team have with their own hands successively developed rocket engines. Progress has continued steadily for this project to develop rockets run by local citizens aiming for "space". In this exhibition, the actual frames of rockets launched to date will be shown together with devices used to test the engines, rocket engines destroyed in failed tests, cameras burned by flames at blastoff, as well as momentary video recordings of liftoffs and explosions.

■ Related Events
There will be a number of other events held during the exhibition. For details and updated info, please refer to "hachiya.3331.jp"

□ Towards a world without "it's impossible anyway"



>Date: July 27 (Sat) 19:00- /Fee: 2,000yen
>Speaker: Tsutomu Uematsu (Uematsu Electric Co.,Ltd., executive managing director)
× Kazuhiko Hachiya
"Space development by civilian enterprise?" --- Tsutomu Uematsu is the executive managing director of Uematsu Electric Co.,Ltd., a company which while manufacturing magnetic machines tested for use in the demolition of buildings has also been working on space development. Continuing this development while being told "it's impossible anyway" by those around them, their cooperation is now sought by both domestic and overseas space development agencies. A talk by Tsutomu Uematsu, an adult who never gave up his dream, and Kazuhiro Hachiya, an artist who pulls dreams into reality.

□ Let's make Delta Twister!



>Date: August 4 (Sun) ①10:30- ②14:00- /Fee: 2,000yen
>Guest: Yusuke Takahashi (president of Ornithopter Production Studio)
A workshop to assemble the flying object "delta twister". The delta twister has a fuselage with two large sets of wings both at the front and back, and while swinging the rear wings from left to right, if flutters gracefully at the speed of a person walking. To conduct the workshop we will welcome Yusuke Takahashi who was involved in the development of the delta twister, and he will be showing how to assemble it. (Cooperated by Otona no Kagaku Magazine)

□ Regeneration starting from the sky of Fukushima "Let's look up to the sky together in Fukushima"



>Date: August 8 (Sat) 18:00- /Fee: 2,000yen
>Speaker: Yoshihide Muroya×Kazuhiko Hachiya
A talk between Yoshihide Muroya, the first Red Bull athlete in Asia and currently an aerobatic pilot, and Kazuhiko Hachiya. Muroya, who resides in Fukushima City in Fukushima prefecture, is continuing activities toward the revival of Fukushima, while Hachiya has organized the "Geiger Counter Meeting Fukushima". A talk by the two who share "flying in the sky" and "Fukushima".

□ Summer Rocket Team "The Memoir of Blood and Wind"



>Date: August 31 (Sat) 18:00- / Fee: 2,000yen
>Speaker: Yoshito Asari×Atsushi Noda×Nobumitsu Kobayashi×Kazuhiko Hachiya
A summer rocket team which really did start to build rockets with the words "let's build a rocket we can send into orbit!" A talk full of unbelievable tales about overcoming explosions, blazes of fire, and burnouts in their push towards space.