Today, for this last day of 2010 and to “Show you Japan“ I’m offering you Ogijima from above: This is one of the advantages to directly fly to and from Takamatsu instead of making a detour to Kansai or elsewhere; one gets to fly over the islands of […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
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Notice: This post dates from 2010. You will find more accurate and up-to-date description and information about the Art House Project there: Art House Project When I started to describe in a more or less detailed way various works of art from the Setouchi International Art Festival, it […]
Our Setouchi International Art Festival report brings us today to the shores of Teshima to talk about the least unknown artwork on the French side of the world. I’m talking about Christian Boltanski’s Les Archives du Cœur (心臓音のアーカイブ – The Heart Archives). I don’t know how famous he is outside […]
The Setouchi International Art Festival artwork of the day is in three parts. Well, only two to these parts are pieces of art, the third one is a café, and all of them are located in a big house and its inner yard on Ogijima. These three elements put […]
20th Century Recall (20世紀的回想) was the first “island artwork” of the Setouchi International Art Festival that I saw (tied with Seagull Parking Lot that I’ll detail another day). They’re both on Megijima, the last island that I visited for the Festival but as it’s on the way to Ogijima, […]
This is with A Town Between the Sky and the Sea (海と空と石垣の街) that I’m starting a long series of posts detailing the artworks from the Setouchi International Art Festival. Ok, it’s not exactly the truth as I have already talked about two pieces in details: Project for Sea-Light and […]
A few weeks ago I told you about Iwaseo Hachiman shrine and about the fact that its Fall Matsuri was going to take place a few days later. Of course, it was out of the question to miss it. Yes, I know, I was in Japan then to cover the […]