Yesterday, the weather was wonderful. My friend M had to go to Shodoshima for various matters and she invited our common friend W and me to go with her on the island for a fun day. We hadn’t planned anything, and just winged it for the whole day. This is […]
Shodoshima
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As I mentioned in my previous post, things are starting to move as far as the Setouchi Triennale 2019 is concerned, and today I was with some people from Koebi Network and the Triennale’s organizing committee for a Tour de Shodoshima. And I mean a literal one; we went […]
This is a view (one of the many) of the Seto Inland Sea that I’m quite fond of. It was taken from Yashima (that you can see on the foreground), and features Aji (formerly a village on its own, nowadays, the north-east-most part of Takamatsu) and Shodoshima in […]
Gift of the Sun is an artwork by Choi Jeong Hwa, located in the port of Tonosho on Shodoshima and that has been welcoming visitors to the island since 2013.
I was informed that another artwork from the Setouchi Triennale 2016 was dismantled today. It’s not a surprise, but it’s always a bit sad. Today, it was the turn of Dream of Olive by Wang Wen-Chih that was located in the valley of Nakayama on Shodoshima. I still have […]
Beyond the Border – Tide, the beautiful and haunting work by Lin Shuen Long on Shodoshima during the Setouchi Triennale 2016. (click the link above for more detail)
Dream of Olive by Wang Wen-Chich The amazing bamboo construction is still standing in the valley of Nakayama on Shodoshima and will stay there until the bamboo is too old (then it’ll be dismantled, and hopefully a new incarnation will show up at the end of winter […]
Last week, Douglas Brooks, who is currently in Kagawa, was invited to Shodoshima for something very special and fascinating. He invited my friend Cathy and I to tag along. So we took the ferry to Kusakabe on this cold morning of late January, and from there headed to the village […]
This week, one of the most moving artworks of the Setouchi Triennale 2016 was dismantled, and it made me really sad. Sure, it never was meant to be permanent, it’s somewhat short lifespan was actually part of the whole point, but I don’t know, I wish it would have […]
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, and it instantly became one […]