Yesterday, the weather was pretty much perfect, so we decided for an impromptu and long overdue visit to Ogijima: Ogicho’s port As the title of the post hints, I was surprised by the number of construction sites on the island. It may just be a coincidence, it […]
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Before the Setouchi Triennale, Ogijima was “famous” (locally only) for one thing and one thing only: its daffodils. At the end of winter, like everywhere else, the island’s daffodils are in bloom, and they do attract a lot of visitors from Takamatsu. Nowadays, as the island is really re-awaking, […]
And here we go! The Setouchi Triennale 2013‘s summer session is underway. It will be going on until september 1st and is filled with various events. On top of a few new artworks here and here and a new island hosting the Triennale for the first time (Ibukijima, where […]
The summer session of the Setouchi Triennale 2013 is almost upon us, so it’s time to put this blog back into almost full “Triennale mode”, starting to finally writing those micro-guides for each island that I meant to write last Spring. Today, let’s talk about Ogijima, an island dear […]
One of the cutest new Setouchi Triennale artwork on Ogijima is Houses of Light by Arthur Huang. I won’t describe the work, Arthur did it much better than I ever can in the interview he gave me back in February, this post will mostly be about showing you what […]
So today was my personal kick-off of the Setouchi Triennale 2013. We went to Ogijima (where else?) Details will come soon, but not tonight, I’m exhausted and tomorrow I need to get up early for our next destination: Inujima (and believe it or not, it will be my […]
After two pretty tiring weeks at work (and the upcoming one may also be along those lines), the best thing to do this past Sunday was to go spend the day to Ogijima. So we hoped on Meon at the first occasion and there we were. I have seen […]
Yesterday, despite the rain, I got together with my friend Cathy Hirano and her friend Ando-san, to start our tour of some of the islands to see the preparations for the Setouchi Triennale which starts in almost a month. Takamatsu Station plaza, on Monday morning, under the rain. Must […]