Nick Waplington, Battleship Island Courtesy of the artist and White Conduit Projects, London © Nick Waplington
NICK WAPLINGTON
BATTLESHIP ISLAND
8 October – 7 November 2015
White Conduit Projects, London
White Conduit Projects is pleased to present an exhibition of Nick Waplington’s 1990s photographs of the ruins of Japan’s Battleship Island (Gunkanjima). This tiny abandoned island off the coast of Nagasaki, was once a coal mine with a population of 5000, squeezed into a complex maze of imposing concrete apartment blocks (Japan’s first high-rises). Vacated in 1974, Gunkanjima was recently approved as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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