Clock Tower

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/400 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The clock tower over the entry bridge of the Coal Mining History Village marks the threshold of the park, its white face still readable against overcast sky. Pink roof sections of the adjacent structure have partially collapsed and the remaining walls are boarded up. Green, yellow and white painted blocks on the pathway below show heavy cracking and wear.

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In situ

Clock Tower at Streetscapes of Yubari, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Clock Tower at Streetscapes of Yubari, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Clock Tower at Streetscapes of Yubari, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Clock Tower
Series: Streetscapes of Yubari
Catalogue: SYU-004
Process: Giclée
Captured: 28 April 2016
Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/400 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The clock tower over the entry bridge of the Coal Mining History Village marks the threshold of the park at Yubari, Hokkaido, its white face still readable against overcast sky. Pink roof sections of the adjacent structure have partially collapsed, and the remaining walls are boarded up. Green, yellow and white painted blocks on the pathway below show heavy cracking and wear. There is nobody here.

The clock tower was built as a civic landmark when Yubari was still a functioning city of tens of thousands. It marked a threshold in a town that took civic time seriously: shifts at the mines, school hours, train timetables, business hours. Yubari declared bankruptcy in 2007 with debts of more than $US200 million, the largest municipal bankruptcy in Japanese history. Most civic services were cut to the bone. The park stopped being maintained at some point in the years that followed, and the buildings around the tower have been boarded up since.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

The clock tower over the entry bridge of the Coal Mining History Village marks the threshold of the park, its white face still readable against overcast sky.

Brett Patman

The series

Streetscapes of Yubari

2018 · 54 photographs

Yūbari is a coal-mining city in central Hokkaido. Founded in 1943, its population peaked at around 120,000 in the 1960s and now sits at about 6,400. The colliery closed in the 1980s. The city's attempt to recover through tourism failed; in 2007 it became the first Japanese municipality to declare bankruptcy, owing 35.3 billion yen. These streetscapes were taken between the houses, shops, and schools the town no longer needs - most empty, some half-collapsed, some still in use by the people who stayed.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

Print sizes

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