Fun fact: I don’t think I had been to Megijima in the past two years (wow, really? I guess I’m too busy going to Ogijima all the time 😉 ), when suddenly… I went last week, I went yesterday and I’m returning there on Saturday…. What’s happening? <suspenseful music…> Don’t […]
20th Century Recall
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Just a few pictures of Hagetaka Funjo‘s 20th Century Recall on Megijima. As often, when I’m on Megijima, the weather is quite overcast (not last month though, it was sunny for once). If you want to know more about it, you can always […]
If you’ve been to Megijima in the past three years or if you’re a long time reader of the blog, you mostly likely already know this piano-boat that is “stranded” in the port of Megichō: You will have recognized 20th Century Recall by Hagetaka Funjo that dates from the […]
August has come and and gone. I haven’t had much feedback yet, but with all the installations opened during Obon, and all the people visiting their families, the atmosphere on the islands must have been quite interesting. Now, the Fall schedules for Art Setouchi are being put into place, which […]
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, […]
Last Spring, we visited Megijima, Ogijima’s sister island and I had been quite disappointed. As I had never been disappointed by an island of the Seto Inland Sea before, I assumed that I hadn’t visited under the right conditions (although nothing special happened). So the Setouchi International Art Festival was […]