Japanese Islands, Art and more...
Sometimes, while waiting for the ferry in Miyanoura Port, I think that the people on Naoshima make interesting photography subjects, don’t you? I never fully understood the act of taking a picture in front of something else. At least, she’s not just standing...
Big Bambú is a series of large scale installations by Mike and Doug Starn that they built in various places in the world (at the Met in New York, during the Venice Biennale, etc.) In 2013, they stopped by Teshima where they built a very...
Today, I’m going to tell you about a very special artwork of the Setouchi Triennale. It’s located in the village of Konoura on Shodoshima. It is called stories – House – by Yume Akasaka. I saw it for the first time back in 2013,...
Gift of the Sun by Choi Jeong Hwa welcomes visitors of Shodoshima in the port of Tonosho. You can’t miss it when you get there.
Today’s post is both a retrospective and a preview for a Setouchi Triennale artwork.. I’m going to briefly tell you about Shodoshima Island Lab, a project made by an Osaka-based collective called Graf. I really liked it in 2013, and I’m quite glad...
Today, as the Fall session of the Setouchi Triennale 2016 is just around the corner, I want to bring you to Awashima to introduce you to Missing Post Office by Saya Kubota. What we’re talking about here is a “real” functioning post office, but of...
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...
Back in 2013, I was quite surprised that Teshima didn’t have that many new artworks for the Setouchi Triennale. Moreover, I was a bit “doubtful” about the only new piece in the village of Karato. I’m talking about No One Wins – Multibasket by Jasmina...
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