The day was May 7th. It was the first day post Golden Week, my sixth day spent on an island for the Setouchi Triennale 2019, including my third on Ogijima (yes, this Spring session, was Ogijima-heavy indeed, but my life is Ogijima-heavy, so it makes sense…). Finally, the crowds were […]
Sea Vine
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For this third part of my adventures in the Setouchi Triennale 2019, we’re heading to my favorite place in the area if not in Japan: Ogijima. Before we go any further, if you haven’t done so, please read the previous episodes: Part One: Shodoshima Part Two: Shamijima (and Seijima) The […]
These are some extremely busy times. At the university, the academic year has just started. At home, my son has just started preschool. On the Setouchi islands, the Setouchi Triennale 2019 preparations have been everywhere. I’ve also been busy writing about the Triennale in other places. Oh, and I’m starting […]
I know the blog is quiet these days, that’s the problem when you run several blogs (and do many other things), sometimes some of them end up on the back-burner. Just a quick PSA to remind you that Art Setouchi 2018 is starting in just a week. Unfortunately, Haruki […]
You know what happens when you write two blogs in two different languages, with roughly (but not always) the same content? Sometimes, you “forget” some posts, sometimes you imagine that they exist when they don’t. And this is what happened to me a couple of days ago. Looking for a […]
It’s often the same problem during the Setouchi Triennale, I’m too busy to blog. Of course, every day that turns out to be a free day is used to visit some art, and then at night, I’m just too tired to write anything. This time, add to that the fact that […]
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 […]
At the end of October, a certain number of artworks from the current session of Art Setouchi will close. What I call the “current session” is basically all the time that passed after the end of the Setouchi International Art Festival 2010 and the Setouchi Triennale 2013 and during […]
One thing that perplexed me the first time I went to Ogijima was the fact that the main if not only thing that was promoted in the area as an incentive to visit the island was its daffodil fields that bloom around this time of the year (that was […]
Not a lot a to say about Haruki Takahashi‘s Sea Vine except that it is the first “artwork in a house and on an island” that I saw on Ogijima. I know, it may sound weird to see that as a detail worth mentioning, but the Setouchi International Art […]