Japanese Islands, Art and more...
Today, let’s briefly talk about Naoshima’s Go’o Shrine. If you’ve been to Naoshima or at least have an interest in the island, I’m pretty sure that you have already heard about it, but in case you didn’t, here is some information about it. On...
An oldie but a goodie today with Kyoco Taniyama‘s Rainy Lane: Rainy Lane was an installation that lasted only during the Setouchi International Art Festival 2010, and it was much more than just a few containers from which showers would come out...
Just a random wall from an abandoned house on Ogijima. But is it really “just a random wall“?
Not, this is not the giant squid that was recently shot by a camera crew in the middle of the ocean, but the one from Project for Sea-Light in Takamatsu: During the Setouchi International Art Festival 2010, it probably was my favorite...
The Setouchi Triennale 2013 is less than three months away. Winter has arrived and most Art Setouchi installations are closed. Now is a good time for a little retrospective about the Setouchi International Art Festival 2010, especially a few artworks that I hadn’t talked...
Farther Memory is Chiharu Shiota‘s contribution to the Setouchi International Art Festival 2010. It was available for viewing until last month in the village of Kō on Teshima. It recently closed along with other Art Setouchi’s artworks. I’m really not sure whether it...
Il Vento (“The Wind” in Italian), also known as Was du liebst, bringt dich auch zum weinen (“What you like makes you cry” in German) is an interesting artwork/building/restaurant in Ieura on Teshima. It was designed by German artist Tobias Rehberger for the Setouchi International...
Two years ago, during the Setouchi International Art Festival 2010, I met Hiroshi Fuji, a very interesting, fun and nice artist. His artwork was an installation in a house in the village of Karato on Teshima. Well, actually the installation was the house itself,...
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