The 7th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale will be held from July 29 to September 17, 2018. As a part of this, The Hojoki Shiki in 2018―Spatial designs of 10 square feet and their development exhibition will be launched in the Triennale’s main facility, the Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, KINARE.
Since its inception in 2000, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, devoted to its overreaching concept that “Humans are part of nature”, has taken place to revitalize the ageing, depopulated, rural region by getting the most out of the ability of art to discover features of the land and the festivities that art has by nature. At a time when the paradigms of modernity have yielded problems that can no longer be ignored, Echigo-Tsumari’s site-specific art, struggling with the fetters of homogenization and globalization, has explored the relations between the earth and human beings, and received increasing attention within and beyond Japan.
The Echigo-Tsumari Art...Triennial is a modern art festival, held every three years in the rural Echigo-Tsumari region of Niigata Prefecture. Contemporary art works by many artists from across the world are exhibited across the 760 square kilometre large Echigo-Tsumari region during the triennials, and many of them remain in place between triennials, making a visit worthwhile at any time.
Besides the art exhibits, the Echigo-Tsumari region attracts with its rural landscape of terraced rice fields, forested hills and small villages. It is a place to see ‘satoyama’, the traditional Japanese lifestyle of humans in harmony with nature.
However, the Echigo-Tsumari region is dealing with grave problems, including a rapidly aging society and a dramatic depopulation, as many young people leave the region to escape the extreme winters and find better opportunities in the cities. Furthermore, the Echigo-Tsumari region was hit badly by a strong earthquake in 2004. The Chuetsu Earthquake in 2004, killed thirty-nine people, injured thousands and damaged many buildings. The Chuetsu Oki Earthquake in 2007 was also felt in the Tsumari-Echigo region, but did not cause damage.
The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial was first held in the year 2000 as part of a plan to revitalize the region. The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial has succeeded to attract more visitors to the region and involve the local population.
Source: www.japan-guide.com
Entrada actualizada el el 21 jun de 2018
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