One industry in Naoshima about a century ago was salt making. The Ishibashi family prospered in this business, and restoring the building where the family lived was identified as a significant way to bring Naoshima's historical and cultural heritage into clearer perspective.
Works: Hiroshi Senju The Falls , 2006 The Garden of Kū , 2009
Look at the spoiler.
石橋家は明治時代、製塩業で栄えました。直島では古くから製塩業が人々の生活を支えており、直島の歴史や文化をとらえるという観点からも、家そのものの再建に重点がおかれた作品となっています。
作品: 千住博「ザ・フォールズ」2006 ,「空（くう）の庭」2009年
スポイラーを見て探してください。
Art House Project
The Art House Project is an art project underway in Naoshima's Honmura district. It began in 1998 with Tatsuo Miyajima's Kadoya, and presently comprises seven houses: Kadoya, Minamidera, Kinza, Go'o Shrine, Ishibashi, Gokaisho, and Haisha.The Art House Project takes empty houses scattered about residential areas, and turns the spaces themselves into works of art, weaving in the history and memories of the period when the houses were homes. Meetings between visitors to the island and the island's people in places where they go about their daily lives also provide occasions for a variety of interesting encounters. Shifting its focus from "nature and art" to "people" and conducting its activities in a zone of daily life, the Art House Project continues its growth into a truly organic project that changes day-by-day.
Hours: 10:30〜16:30
Visitors are welcome to view and pray at any time at the main and front shrine areas of Go'o Shrine.
Admission: Multi - Site Ticket for six art houses, excluding Kinza 1,030 yen
Single - Site Ticket for one art house, excluding Kinza 410 yen
* Free admission for children of 15 and under.
家プロジェクトは直島・本村地区において展開するアートプロジェクトです。宮島達男による「角屋」（1998年）に始まったこのプロジェクトは、現在、「角屋」「南寺」「きんざ」「護王神社」「石橋」「碁会所」「はいしゃ」の7軒が公開されています。現在も生活が営まれる地域で、点在していた空き家などを改修し、人が住んでいた頃の時間と記憶を織り込みながら、空間そのものが作品化されています。
開館時間: 10:30〜16:30
鑑賞料金: 共通チケット（「きんざ」を除く6軒を鑑賞）1,030円
ワンサイトチケット（「きんざ」を除く1軒のみを鑑賞）410円
※15歳以下は無料